Everyone immediately looked at Xiang Yang in shock.
"Senior, no wonder you can afford an ocean-going fishing boat just one year after graduation, and drag home millions of fish in one go. Hiss - it's terrifying." Xia Pengjie said with admiration.
"I'm not always so lucky." Xiang Yang shook his head and said, "I've also had empty nets when I was unlucky. When I'm lucky, I can make some money. But these years, it's almost common sense that there are no fish near the coast. If you want to catch fish, you have to go to the deep sea or the open sea. To go to the deep sea or the open sea, you have to have a fishing boat that can go to the deep sea or the open sea, and you have to invest."
Even though Xiang Yang is so prosperous now and owns a thousand-ton ocean-going fishing vessel, he actually still owes a lot of debts and has to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in loans every month.
"What we invested is real cash. If we lose money..." Xiang Yang shook his head and did not continue.
The risks involved in distant-water fishing are indeed enormous. For example, although distant-water fishing vessels are not afraid of strong winds and huge waves, they are unable to fish when encountering bad weather.
Another example is the expensive fuel costs.
If you are lucky, you can indeed bring back millions of fish in one net, but if you are unlucky and your fishing boat fails several times in a row, it will definitely be dragged to death.
Seeing Xiang Yang's emotional look, Xia Pengjie immediately smiled and said, "Senior, you are obviously very lucky. I'm sure every time you go out to sea, you always have smooth sailing and return with a full load."
Xiang Yang smiled and said, "It's hard-earned money. We may be out at sea for two or three months. For two or three months, so many of us will stay on such a small deck. All we can see is the vast ocean. It's really boring."
Everyone pretended to listen to a story.
Xiang Yang didn't say anything. He took out his intercom and shouted, "Driver's cab."
"Driver's cab received." Su Shiming's voice came from the intercom.
"Slow down the boat and get ready to pull in the net." Xiang Yang said.
Chen Qingsheng at the stern immediately stood up and shouted, "Everyone, stand on both sides of the deck."
The fishing boat slowed down slowly.
"Closing the net." Xiang Yang said.
Xia Pengjie, who was always ready, immediately operated the winch start switch.
“Click, click, click…”
Accompanied by the sound of the steel cable being pulled, the fishing net was pulled out of the water at a constant speed by the winch.
"Wow!"
“What a big package of fish.”
"many."
“So big.”
The crew members were amazed when they saw the catch.
Chen Qingsheng's eyes also lit up.
Even Xiang Yang glanced sideways. This sea area was actually still in the Qinglongwan area. He thought that there wouldn't be many fish caught in the net, but the result was somewhat beyond Xiang Yang's expectations.
"Not bad. This net may contain several thousand kilograms of fish." Xiang Yang said with a smile.
Xia Pengjie operated the winch to drag the fishing net onto the deck. Chen Qingsheng immediately went up to untie the net, and a large bag of sea fish immediately jumped around on the deck.
Xiang Yang took a rough look and found that most of them were very common horsehead fish, and a small part were pomfret, which is also a very common marine fish.
However, Xiang Yang saw several particularly large pomfret among them, which probably weighed four or five kilograms.
Wild pomfret is very broad and looks very big, but one of them may weigh less than one kilogram. Such a big pomfret is very rare in the market. Xiang Yang quickly asked people to keep those pomfret separately in a wooden barrel.
"Hurry up, bring those barrels and water tanks over here, and prioritize the expensive sea fish. Put all the horsehead fish in foam boxes and cover them with crushed ice."
"Here it comes. Here it comes."
Following Xiang Yang's order, the entire deck became busy, with crew members constantly pulling out piles of foam and boxes of crushed ice from the cabin.
"Look carefully. If it is a horsehead fish or a small pomfret, immediately put it in a foam box and put it in the freezer. If it is a large pomfret or other rare fish, immediately put it in a water tank. If you encounter a fish you don't recognize, you must not act on your own and must notify me immediately."
"Wait, that fish can't be placed in a foam box, it must be kept in a water tank."
... ...
As soon as the fishing net was on the deck, Xiang Yang started working and immediately became a different person.
Under Xiang Yang's command, a group of new crew members gradually became organized from being headless flies, and they looked a little like sailors...
Xiang Yang's aura was too strong. This aura had nothing to do with Xiang Yang's status, nor was it gradually developed by being in a high position. It was the result of the innate spirit of daring to fight and fight. When he stood there, everyone listened to his orders. But suddenly, Xiang Yang froze while talking. He looked at Chen Qingsheng, "Old Chen, it seems that you are in charge of casting the net this time?"
Chen Qingsheng said: "Captain, you are here, of course you are in charge."
Xiang Yang smiled awkwardly, "Hey, that's it, I'll leave it to you from now on. I'll just stare at this pile of fish to see if I can find a rare sea fish, and I won't get involved with the rest."
This was something Xiang Yang and Chen Qingsheng had already agreed on. From now on, everything on the deck of the fishing boat would basically be managed by Chen Qingsheng, which was the duty of a first mate.
Those college students needed an on-site fishing training, and Chen Qingsheng certainly also needed an actual command training. This time of casting the net was actually an opportunity for everyone to train.
Chen Qingsheng took over the command and looked at everyone awkwardly, "I'm in command now. The captain has already told us what to do. Don't stop, let's continue."
Xiang Yang covered his head and stared at the group of sea fish helplessly.
Although the catch of this net is not a lot, it is definitely a bumper harvest compared to the near sea.
In particular, the proportion of horsehead fish in this batch of catch is very large, estimated to be at least two thousand kilograms. The octopus and squid that seemed to dominate the entire ocean in the past account for a very small proportion in this net, only a few hundred kilograms.
In addition, there are also a lot of pomfret, weighing about a thousand pounds.
"Hey, what kind of fish is this? It's so beautiful."
Xiang Yang looked towards the source of the sound and saw a crew member holding a palm-sized fiery red fish and fiddling with it.
"Angelfish." Xiang Yang said in surprise.
"Angelfish?" The crew member looked at the fiery red fish in his hand. "Isn't angelfish a freshwater fish?"
Anyone who has come into contact with ornamental fish will be familiar with the name angelfish. The colorful angelfish is the most popular fish among all ornamental fish.
"We have both freshwater and saltwater fish." Xiang Yang ran over in a few steps and carefully put the fish into the live water tank. "This is the red mint angelfish, also known as the gentleman angelfish. It is one of the most valuable species of all angelfish."