Moreover, Master Qi seemed to have a high status in the small circle introduced by Li Chao, which could be seen from the fact that someone had spoken up for him before.
"Maybe he is rich or he is really a master of fish playing." Xiang Yang said silently.
After selling the red mint angelfish, Xiang Yang lost interest in this so-called gathering of ornamental fish experts. He picked up the chopsticks and tasted a little bit of each sashimi on the long wooden table. He mostly listened to what others said and rarely spoke.
After finishing a glass of red wine, Xiang Yang said to Li Chao: "Boss Li, should I leave first?"
"Okay, I'm leaving too, I'll see you off first." Li Chao stood up and said.
The two of them declined other attempts to keep them and walked out of the Japanese restaurant side by side.
"You are really good." Li Chao said with a smile after leaving the Japanese restaurant: "Not many people can pluck feathers from a Qi rooster."
"Qi rooster?" Xiang Yang asked.
"That's Master Qi." Li Chao shook his head. "Don't underestimate him. He is a true master in the ornamental fish circle. He can earn hundreds of millions every year just by picking up bargains. But he likes to cheat outsiders, especially those who don't know much about the industry. When buying, he likes to lower the price as much as possible, and when selling, he likes to raise the price as much as possible."
"But he is very good at frying fish. Basically, there is no fish that he doesn't fry with a higher price. So he has a high reputation in the circle, and most people don't want to offend him. Even if he raises or lowers the price for people in the circle, as long as it's not too excessive, they will just let it go." Li Chao said.
Xiang Yang nodded, but what did this have to do with him? He was not in the ornamental fish circle to make a living. If he occasionally got an ornamental fish, would he worry about not being able to find a buyer
"Mr. Li, I'll take a taxi here and go back to Qinglongwan." After chatting with Li Chao for a few words, Xiang Yang said goodbye.
"Hey, you've finally come to Longcheng, why don't you come over to my place and let me show you my hospitality?" Li Chao said with a smile.
"No." Xiang Yang said with a smile, "I recruited a new group of crew members today. This is the first day. There is also a party in the evening. I have to go over and meet more with the crew members."
Li Chao thought about it and said, "Okay, let's get together next time when we are free."
"Um."
After saying goodbye to Li Chao, Xiang Yang did not return to Qinglongwan immediately.
He first went to the supermarket to buy some cooking ingredients. Xiang Yang took a lot of each kind of bottles and jars, some for cooking seafood, some for barbecuing, and some for making soup. With seventy or eighty mouths feeding together, Xiang Yang would not be afraid of not being able to use up all these things even if he bought more.
Coming out of the supermarket, Xiang Yang hailed a taxi.
The driver looked at Xiang Yang carrying a lot of bags and asked, "Where are you going, sir? If it's not far, you can put these things in the trunk, right?"
Longcheng has a huge population, and the number of taxis can't keep up, so generally when a taxi sees passengers along the way, they will stop and ask regardless of whether there are passengers in the car or not. If it's on their way, they will take the passengers along.
It was obviously not in the interests of the taxi driver for Xiang Yang to carry so many things.
Xiang Yang asked, "Going to Yanlong Village in Huhai Town, Lianhua County, is this far or near?"
"We've already reached Liancheng. This distance is too far." The driver clicked his tongue.
"Aren't you going to send it over there?" Xiang Yang asked.
Some taxi drivers only run in urban areas. If the driver refuses to take Xiang Yang, he can only call an online taxi.
"It's too far. You have to pay extra. We don't use the meter," said the driver.
As long as it's a delivery, everything is fine. Xiang Yang didn't wait for the driver to speak, and directly took out three 100-yuan bills from his wallet, "It's more than an hour's journey, 300 yuan should be enough, right? If it's more expensive, I'll call an online car-hailing service."
The taxi driver hesitated for a while. Three hundred yuan was indeed not a high price for such a long distance.
However, there are many people from Huhai Town who come to Longcheng every day. After he arrives in Huhai Town, the chances of attracting another repeat customer are very high, so he said, "Okay, then I'll go there."
The driver was a chatterbox and kept talking all the way. Xiang Yang answered him sporadically. After more than an hour, the car finally arrived at Yanlong Village, Huhai Town.
Xiang Yang got out of the car and headed straight for the dock carrying a large bag.
The dock was very lively. Most of Xiang Yang's dozens of crew members were staying on the dock chatting, and a small number were probably on the boat. Almost all the lights on the boat were on.
Xiang Yang walked over and asked with a smile: "Why are you all here?"
When the crew saw Xiang Yang coming back, they quickly gathered around him and said, "Captain, you are finally back. If you hadn't come back, I would have starved."
The crew member who was speaking was also one of Xiang Yang's newly recruited crew members. He was about the same age as Xiang Yang and was Xiang Yang's elementary school classmate. He was also a villager of Yanlong Village and had never gone out to sea with Xiang Yang.
Xiang Yang was immediately puzzled after hearing his words: "What does my coming back have to do with whether you are full or not? Didn't you eat enough at the dinner today?"
"We finished the meal at around four o'clock. Brother Yang, what time is it now?" Fang Youqun said with a smile, "The boatswain called us all over. He said that you, the captain, should treat us to another meal tonight."
"Uh, when did I ever say that?" Xiang Yang's mind raced, and he soon remembered the crabs he had caught on the island. He said with a smile, "How many crabs did we catch in the evening? Chen Qingsheng is such a fool. How could that amount of crabs be enough for so many people?"
At this time, Xia Pengjie came over and said with a smile, "Captain, I asked Brother Sheng to call all the colleagues here. I discussed with everyone and found that we can't finish so many crabs with so few people. Let's have a good meal this afternoon and call all the colleagues for another meal in the evening."
Xiang Yang looked at Fang Youqun, "Look, look at how conscious he is. He knows how to share good things with everyone. What about you? When a new colleague comes, the old colleagues don't show any appreciation?"
Fang Youqun suddenly felt aggrieved, "If you take us out to sea this afternoon, we will also express our gratitude."
Xiang Yang smiled and shook his head, then looked at Xia Pengjie and said, "We caught a lot of crabs this afternoon, but if we divide them like this, then each person might only get one."
"One is enough. Can you eat crabs to fill you up? Let's taste it." Xia Pengjie said with a smile, "The crabs have been washed and are waiting for you to come back and cook them. Senior, do you want to steam or boil them?"
"Let's boil it." Xiang Yang gestured to the bag in his hand, "I bought a lot of seasonings. It will be more fragrant if boiled in water."
"Then I'll go boil some water now." Xia Pengjie said.
"Alas, you are new colleagues, how can you do such rough work?" Fang Youqun pulled Xia Pengjie's arm and said, "Let me take care of the boiling water."