After returning to Yanlong Village, Xiang Yang first dealt with the catch, and then he gave each of the crew members who went into the water a red envelope of 500 yuan as agreed.
Although some accidents occurred during the underwater operation and the number of flounder caught was far less than Xiang Yang expected, Xiang Yang did not need his employees to share the risks of various accidents with him.
The crew members are just employees, they live on wages and bonuses. If they also need to take risks like Xiang Yang, why don’t they become their own bosses
Any salary or bonus that Xiang Yang has promised will not be deducted for any reason or on any pretext.
In addition, he also gave each crew member an advance of 500 yuan for next month's salary. In Xiang Yang's words, once you go out to work, you can no longer ask your family for money.
Then he gave half a day off to all the crew members except those on duty, and asked them to go to Huhai Town to buy some daily necessities such as bedding and sheets.
The crew members took the money and were all very grateful to Xiang Yang. They all said that they would work hard in the future and would never let Xiang Yang down.
Xiang Yang naturally said that it was a piece of cake and there was no need to talk about it.
After he finished these things, he took Chen Qingsheng straight to Longcheng City.
There were three main things to do during this trip to Xiangyang, Longcheng City.
The first thing to do is naturally to pay a visit to Mr. Li and give the conch shell away.
The second thing is that Xiang Yang is going to Longcheng to purchase a batch of supplies. Now that the ship and crew are in place, he is going to prepare for the ocean voyage.
The last thing is that Xiang Yang is going to purchase a batch of books in Longcheng, and truly turn the hall on the top floor of the cabin into a wandering library for the crew to entertain themselves during their ocean voyages.
"Boss, I think you should buy a car." Chen Qingsheng suggested to Xiang Yang when they were waiting for an online taxi at the entrance of Yanlong Village.
"Buying a car?" Xiang Yang touched his chin. He now always calls for an online car-hailing service or rents a car when traveling, and also calls Huolala when delivering goods.
"Yes, you are now the captain of an ocean-going fishing vessel." Chen Qingsheng said with a smile, "You will be traveling more and more in the future. You can't always call an online taxi, right?"
"Besides, this car is also a symbol of your status. People drive cars worth tens of thousands of dollars or millions of dollars. Why do Mr. Li and Mr. Zhang drive cars worth millions of dollars every time they go out? When they go out to discuss business, the other party will know that they are rich as soon as they see the car, and the deal is halfway to success."
"No rush for now." Xiang Yang said with a smile, "I spend most of my time at sea now, so it's not time to buy a car. Besides, most of the people I do business with know me well, and I'm still in debt. If I buy a nice car, it will make me look unreliable and pretentious. I don't need an ordinary car, right?"
After hearing what Xiang Yang said, Chen Qingsheng immediately stopped talking. He just gave Xiang Yang a suggestion. Since Xiang Yang said he didn't want to buy it, he naturally wouldn't persuade him anymore.
Soon, Xiang Yang and Chen Qingsheng arrived in Longcheng by taking an online taxi.
After arriving in Longcheng, the two went straight to the nearby wholesale market.
Longcheng is a coastal city, and this wholesale market is connected to the seafood market.
Xiang Yang first went to the seafood market. He wanted to buy a few barrels of cod liver oil.
Even for a long-distance fishing vessel like Xiang Yang, vegetables will be scarce when the voyage is halfway through, and people who do not eat vegetarian food for a long time will easily suffer from night blindness.
Cod liver oil is very good for the eyes. Whether for the crew or for himself, Xiang Yang must buy a few barrels of cod liver oil.
People who have bought cod liver oil may think that cod liver oil is very expensive. A small bottle of cod liver oil, which is like a pill, costs hundreds of dollars, and a barrel must cost more than ten thousand yuan.
Actually, no.
Cod liver oil is really cheap at the Ocean Wholesale Market.
The best quality cod liver oil only costs a few dozen yuan per pound, and the ordinary one is not much more expensive than lard. In the past, there were two large oil barrels at the entrance of Yanlong Village, which were full of cod liver oil. If the villagers wanted to eat it, they could just scoop it out themselves, free of charge.
But later the town thought it was unhygienic and cancelled this custom in Yanlong Village.
"Hey, boss." Chen Qingsheng suddenly grabbed Xiang Yang's arm.
Xiang Yang turned around and asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"
"Look over there." Chen Qingsheng pointed in a direction and whispered, "I think I saw that fish the last time I went to the Ocean Exhibition Hall with you."
Xiang Yang looked in the direction of Chen Qingsheng's finger, and immediately saw a young man in a leather jacket squatting on the ground smoking. In front of him was a medium-sized water tank with many brightly colored small fish swimming around in it.
"Goby?"
"Micro goby?"
Xiang Yang was stunned. Strange things happen every year, but this year there are more of them. There are actually people selling micro gobies in the seafood market.
Where is the seafood market
As the name suggests, it sells seafood.
And what is seafood for
Of course it’s for eating.
Can the micro goby be eaten
This fish is almost entirely bones and spines, with almost no edible meat.
The most important thing is that the micro goby is too small. The small one is less than one centimeter, and the large one is just over one centimeter. Even if such a small fish can be eaten, do you have the nerve to say that it is seafood after buying it
Moreover, the price of the micro goby sold by the young man in leather jacket is probably not cheap.
Although micro gobies live in warm shallow waters, they like to hide in coral reefs. Corals provide the best camouflage for micro gobies, but when micro gobies lie on corals, the two are completely integrated, and even if you look closely, you may not be able to find any abnormalities.
Therefore, it is extremely difficult to catch micro goby.
The higher the difficulty, the higher the price.
Xiang Yang walked towards the young man in leather jacket.
"Brother, do you want to buy some goldfish? Ten dollars a piece." The young man in leather jacket asked immediately after seeing Xiang Yang coming over.
Xiang Yang raised his eyebrows, "You call this a goldfish?"
The young man in leather jacket blushed immediately. He tried to explain, "This is a saltwater goldfish. Look at its bright color. It's prettier than ordinary freshwater goldfish."
Someone nearby immediately teased, "Luo Fei, you are here to cheat outsiders again."
The young man in leather jacket stood up immediately. He glared at the man who spoke and said, "Tell me clearly, how did I cheat you?"
A passerby said disdainfully: "You dare to sell a fish that is not even as big as an oyster for ten dollars. If you are not a liar, what are you?"
"Go away, go away, if they sell at a high price, they are scammers? Then why don't you say that those who sell gold and jewelry are all scammers?"