Xiang Yang asked casually, "What important matter did you have to go to Village Chief Zuo's house so late at night?"
"Of course, it's related to the lives and property of our group of people in the future." Yu Xiang said with a smile: "And this matter is related to you."
This time Xiang Yang was really surprised. He frowned and asked, "It's related to me? How come I don't know?"
Xiang Yang's doubts were not fake. He really couldn't understand what he had done that could affect the future lives and property of Dao Yuxiang and his gang.
"Buy a boat." Yu Xiang said, "You don't know yet, do you? Fourth Grandpa gathered a group of people in the village today and raised more than two million yuan to buy a big boat like yours. We decided to learn from you and buy a big boat to go fishing in the open sea."
"Buying and selling big ships?" Xiang Yang was stunned, and then immediately thought of a lot of things.
Deep down, Xiang Yang actually hopes that the villagers can buy big boats and go out to sea like himself. Compared to the poor Yanlong Village, ocean fishing is indeed a good way out. Judging from the fishing skills of the villagers of Yanlong Village, as long as they are given a big boat, they will immediately become dragons in the sea.
But the progress is too fast.
Xiang Yang had thought that the villagers of Yanlong Village would buy ocean-going ships in the future, but he never thought that anyone would dare to buy ocean-going ships now. There must be an element of following the trend in this, but even if it was following the trend, it was still a gamble.
"More than two million is not enough to buy an ocean-going fishing vessel." Xiang Yang said slightly tactfully.
When Xiang Yang bought the fishing boat, he had more than 3 million in his hands, but he still borrowed 2.5 million and gave part of his shares to He Mingde.
With more than two million, Xiang Yang really couldn't imagine how they could buy a decent fishing boat.
This fishing boat is not like a car.
Nowadays, cars are becoming more and more popular, and their prices are falling every year. Luxury cars like Mercedes-Benz and BMW, which used to cost millions, now only cost 200,000 or 300,000 yuan for some series.
Fishing boats are different. As fishery resources are generally depleted and ports across the country are gradually saturated with fishing boats, many shipyards have changed their careers or closed down. The price of fishing boats is now rising year by year.
For example, Xiang Yang knew about a Dolphin series ocean-going fishing vessel with a length of 62 meters and a displacement of 500 tons. Xiang Yang liked that kind of fishing boat very much. In addition to the wide deck and huge live water tank, it also had a four-story cabin. The first floor of the cabin was several huge freezers, which were enough to freeze hundreds of tons of fish. The second floor was the staff dormitory, which was clean and tidy and very moisture-proof. The third floor also had various entertainment facilities such as restaurants and libraries. The top floor was the observation deck where you could enjoy the scenery.
That kind of fishing boat was sold for only more than 15 million yuan when Xiang Yang was in school, but now the market price is at least 20 million yuan, and that is the price for a bare boat.
"Yes, the money is short." Yu Xiang spread her hands and said helplessly, "So they called me over."
Xiang Yang was a little surprised. He knew that Yu Xiang made a lot of money selling oysters in the past few years. Otherwise, he would not have been able to gather so many fishermen around him. However, Xiang Yang did not know how much Yu Xiang had earned exactly. Now it seemed that Yu Xiang had earned more than he had imagined, and was able to make up for the gap of millions.
Yu Xiang was straightforward and honest, and said to Xiang Yang, "To be honest, I also want to buy an ocean-going fishing boat. The oyster business is not doing well this year, so I am more determined to do so. But the price of an ocean-going fishing boat is too high. Even if someone wants to be my partner, I can't come up with millions of dollars in cash at once."
Zhang Qicheng joked, "That's easy. You don't have money, but the guy next to me has money. His cash flow from today alone is over a million. You can borrow from him."
Xiang Yang rolled his eyes. "Wow, you are putting me at risk."
As for wealth? All the other people present combined are not as rich as Zhang Qicheng. Zhang Qicheng doesn't lend money himself, but asks Xiang Yang to lend it. This is obviously not a good idea.
In fact, Zhang Qicheng did it on purpose. He just wanted to test Xiang Yang's thoughts.
Before Xiang Yang could say anything, Yu Xiang spoke first, "No, no, no, this is our own business. Besides, Xiaoyang, you still have dozens of employees to support. Whether it's the fishing boats or the salt factory, they all need to spend a lot of money. How can we borrow money from you, Xiaoyang?"
There was one more thing Yu Xiang didn't say, that is, if they bought an ocean-going fishing boat, they would be competing with Xiang Yang for fishery resources in the same sea. Yu Xiang was straightforward but not a fool. He didn't believe that Xiang Yang would be willing to lend him money under such circumstances. What's the saying outside? People in the same industry are enemies.
Xiang Yang nodded slightly. He really didn't have any extra money to lend to Yu Xiang.
And to be honest, there was a reason why Xiang Yang wanted to keep Zhang Qicheng and Li Chao today, and that was that Xiang Yang also wanted to borrow money.
To be honest, Xiang Yang was actually quite proud of himself for being the first person in the entire Qinglongwan waters to purchase an ocean-going fishing vessel.
But ever since Xiang Yang saw the three large ocean-going fishing vessels coming from the Bohai Sea on the sea last time he went out to sea, he became somewhat dissatisfied with his own fishing boat.
Look at them, they sail from the north of the Bohai Sea to the south of the South China Sea, crossing half the globe to engage in deep-sea fishing.
People can reach various sea areas rich in aquatic products and the sea scenery farther offshore.
When you meet other fishing boats on the sea, standing high on the deck and greeting them, how impressive is that
Xiang Yang silently calculated his assets and suddenly asked, "When do you plan to buy a ship?"
Yu Xiang scratched her head and said uncertainly: "I can't really say for sure. The sooner the better, but first of all, we must get the money in place. Without money, everything is just empty talk."
"What if the money is not in place?" Xiang Yang asked.
"It's impossible that it won't be implemented, right?" Yu Xiang smiled and said, "It only costs more than 5 million to buy a ship like yours, and you can even get a loan for part of it. A ship like this can have more than 20 crew members. Including me, we have actually only joined forces with more than 10 families in total. As long as we invite a few more families, each of whom pays 100,000, and each family sends one person to the ship as a crew member, we will have enough money."
Xiang Yang asked: "Why do you have to buy a new ship? Can't you buy a second-hand ship?"
Yu Xiang was stunned. "Firstly, we don't have the channels to buy this second-hand ship. Secondly, we don't know what the other party's ship is like. Buying a second-hand ship is not a good idea. If we spend a lot of money to buy it, but it turns out to be a broken ship, we will have no place to cry."
Xiang Yang said something surprising: "What about my ship? Are you familiar with my ship?"