Zhang Qicheng looked around and smiled slightly when he saw that the villagers of Yanlong Village were in high spirits and seemed ready to work hard. He transferred 50,000 yuan to Xiang Yang and stopped talking.
Now that the goal has been achieved, Zhang Qicheng understands that saying more will only backfire. He wants to use the villagers of Yanlong Village, but that doesn't mean he wants to disgust Xiang Yang. He is actually not sure what Xiang Yang's attitude is towards other villagers in Yanlong Village buying ocean-going fishing boats to go fishing. If he behaves too deliberate, Xiang Yang may see through his true purpose.
In the end, if the villagers of Yanlong Village did not buy the ocean-going fishing boat, and Zhang Qicheng offended Xiang Yang, he would have lost both the wife and the army.
Xiang Yang continued to talk to Li Chao about the price of the remaining abalone.
In fact, there was nothing much to discuss. Basically, Boss Li named a price and asked Xiang Yangtong if he agreed.
Fortunately, Boss Li had no intention of cheating Xiang Yang. The price he offered was fair. Although it was certainly not as high as the price Xiang Yang would get if he sold the product directly on the market, it was definitely a very high price based on the wholesale price at the place of origin.
Boss Li is kind, so Xiang Yang is naturally straightforward. Basically, every time Boss Li says a price, he nods in agreement. Then the crew members under him count the goods, settle the accounts, and then wait for Boss Li to pay them.
The news that an abalone was sold for 2.5 million spread like a whirlwind throughout Yanlong Village.
When the villagers heard the news, they first didn't believe it. They thought it was a rumor, and even wanted to laugh in their hearts. They thought the person who spread the news must be a fool for even spreading such news.
But soon more and more people spread the news, and each of them spoke with details and credibility, so the villagers who did not believe it at first became skeptical.
After the villagers confirmed the authenticity of the news, they were immediately stunned. Envy, jealousy, jealousy, admiration... all kinds of emotions filled the hearts of countless villagers in Yanlong Village.
"Oh my god, doesn't that mean that the kid from the Xiang family made more than two million in one trip to the sea?"
"I don't think so. He needs gas money and to pay his employees..."
"No? Are you kidding me? How much does it cost to go out for a day? How much can a person under 20 years old earn in a day?"
"That's right. Are you stupid? He sold an abalone for more than two million, but no one said he only caught one abalone in one trip."
"In my opinion, the kid from the Xiang family might make more than three million this time."
"Three, three million!"
... ...
The villagers became more and more excited as they talked.
Suddenly, a fat man with a bald head slapped his thigh and shouted, "Xiang Yang and the village chief are right. Deep-sea fishing is indeed our only way out right now. I have done what Village Chief Zuo said about the joint venture to purchase deep-sea fishing boats. Is there anyone willing to do it with me?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the villagers' chattering stopped abruptly.
"Fourth Grandpa." A skinny fisherman with only a few pounds of flesh on his body said to the fat man, "We need to be careful about this matter."
"I've been very cautious." The fat man known as the fourth grandfather shook his head. "I have saved half my life and can come up with 300,000 yuan. I originally wanted to save this 300,000 yuan for the down payment of a house for my kid in the future. Now I want to give it a try."
"But three hundred thousand isn't enough!"
"I'll give you 100,000 too." Another fisherman said. He took a deep puff of the cheap cigarette in his hand and whispered, "I watched the boy from the Xiang family grow up. Everyone knows how much he has earned during this period, right? How can he make money? Because he has a big boat that can go to seas that we can't go to. When we have a big boat, I don't believe that the boy from the Xiang family can make as much money as we can't. He doesn't have one more arm or one more leg than us."
"Okay? That makes 400,000 now." said the fourth grandfather.
... ...
The abalone issue was just a formality? Most of the details had already been confirmed over the phone.
After Xiang Yang finished trading abalone with Li Chao, he invited Li Chao and Zhang Qicheng onto the boat.
Xiang Yang smiled and said, "I found a large area of sea anemones outside. I'm not sure about the quality, but the key is whether there are enough of them. I was in a hurry to go out to sea this time and I didn't prepare much, so I only collected about 1,000 kilograms of samples. Brother Zhang and Brother Li, please take a look. If you think the quality is okay, I can supply you with it for a long time in the future."
Li Chao smiled but said nothing. He had no interest in common seafood like anemones. He only followed Xiang Yang onto the boat for the sake of Xiang Yang and the abalone.
Zhang Qicheng just nodded and said, "Let's take a look."
Xiang Yang only knows one thing about seafood called anemone. Anemone is a very precious ingredient in many restaurants abroad, but in my country, very few people eat it. Most of the time, people put some anemone in chicken soup as a condiment.
Xiang Yang attached great importance to that batch of sea anemones? He even attached more importance to them than to the abalone.
Because Xiang Yang is a professional fisherman, for him rare seafood like abalone can only be considered a one-time deal, an unexpected surprise in his daily fishing life, while common seafood like anemones are the main source of income in his fishing career.
"This is the most common yellow anemone in our country's waters. It looks really good, with big and thick flesh." Zhang Qicheng ignored the toxins on the anemone's tentacles and grabbed a giant anemone from a water tank with his bare hands.
Fang Youqun, who was standing by, was stunned. Aren't sea anemones poisonous? When Xiang Yang first caught the sea anemone on the boat, Fang Youqun tried to touch it with his hands, but was scolded by Xiang Yang. How come Zhang was fine after catching the sea anemone
Xiang Yang was also surprised by Zhang Qicheng's unique skill, but he was not too surprised. There are indeed some techniques to catching sea anemones. Some people who know the techniques to catch sea anemones will not be poisoned even if they catch them with empty hands, just like anemone shrimps and clownfish will not be poisoned when swimming among giant sea anemones.
"Brother Zhang, do you want these sea anemones?" Xiang Yang asked. What he was most concerned about now was how much these giant sea anemones were worth per kilogram, because Xiang Yang found that sea anemones were really easy to catch. He just had to put on a diving suit and go down to catch them.
Zhang Qicheng raised his eyebrows, "If you want it, but make it clear that I can't give you too high a price for it, you have to be mentally prepared for this." Zhang Qicheng actually didn't want it at first, but when he thought about his other business dealings with Xiang Yang, he immediately changed his mind. He didn't mind helping Xiang Yang and at the same time being a middleman to make some profit from the difference.
Xiang Yang understood what Zhang Qicheng meant, so he had to ask first: "How much is one pound if it's not too expensive?"