Friends who like to eat seafood know that tuna is a particularly delicious ingredient among seafood and is expensive.
In fact, there are many types of tuna, among which bluefin tuna is undoubtedly the most expensive of all tuna. It is a rare food even for the rich.
On January 5, 2013, a 444-pound bluefin tuna was auctioned at the Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo. It was bought by a sushi restaurant for 155 million yen. Based on the exchange rate between the RMB and the Japanese yen at the time, it was worth about 12 million RMB.
And because bluefin tuna grows slowly and is constantly being fished out by humans, there are fewer bluefin tuna in the ocean today than there were back then, and the price will only become more expensive.
Also on January 5, at the annual first tuna auction of the new year held at the Toyosu Market in Tokyo in 2019, a bluefin tuna was bought by the famous Japanese sushi restaurant chain Sushi Zanmai for 333.6 million yen, equivalent to about 21 million yuan.
The "sky-high-priced" bluefin tuna was produced in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It weighed an astonishing 278 kilograms, equivalent to 1.2 million yen per kilogram, or about 76,000 yuan.
For seafood lovers, bluefin tuna is definitely a very tempting seafood. Due to the slow growth period and overfishing by humans, the number of bluefin tuna in the world has decreased a lot, and it is even difficult to catch them in some sea areas. Some fishery experts warn that if fishing is not restricted, this fish may face extinction.
After the wind and waves died down, Xiang Yang quickly took his men to the deck to deal with the bluefin tuna.
Most people don't know how to process bluefin tuna.
Xiang Yang was a little at a loss as to where to start for a moment.
Xiang Yang had heard that bluefin tuna must be bled immediately after being caught and then the fish meat must be covered with ice. Only in this way can the freshness of the fish meat be guaranteed.
However, Xiang Yang didn't know how to do it.
The crew members on the boat did not dare to act rashly, for fear of damaging the bluefin tuna.
It doesn’t matter if Xiang Yang doesn’t understand, as long as someone he knows understands.
So Xiang Yang called Li Chao.
"Hello? Brother Xiang, what's the matter?" Li Chao said politely.
Xiang Yang said: "I have something I want to ask you, Brother Chao."
Li Chao was discussing business with a food supplier. He urged, "If it's not something urgent, can I call you later?"
The bluefin tuna had been dead for a while. If it wasn't processed, it might not be fresh anymore, so we were in a hurry.
"It's urgent. Let me make it short." Xiang Yang said, "Brother Chao, do you know how to deal with bluefin tuna? I found a bluefin tuna weighing several hundred kilograms at sea, and now I don't know what to do with it."
"Bluefin tuna, right? You should first ask a skilled knife chef to cut open its belly, then carefully cut off the two cheek pieces, drain the blood, and then..."
Li Chao was talking halfway when he suddenly stopped talking.
There was silence on the other end of the phone for two or three seconds.
"Brother Chao, please continue. I'm in a hurry to deal with it." Xiang Yang urged.
"What did you just say!!!"
Li Chao's voice on the other end of the phone was almost a roar.
"Just now?" Xiang Yang repeated, "I said, go on, I'm in a hurry to deal with it."
"The previous sentence." Li Chao said with rapid breathing.
"Brother Chao, do you know how to deal with bluefin tuna? I picked up a bluefin tuna weighing several hundred kilograms at sea, and now I don’t know what to do with it?" Xiang Yang asked.
Li Chao took a deep breath and asked, "I found a bluefin tuna weighing several hundred kilograms. Are you kidding me, brother?"
"certainly."
Xiang Yang told Li Chao how he encountered a storm at sea and how he picked up the bluefin tuna. Before finishing, he also sent Li Chao a color photo of the bluefin tuna.
When Li Chao saw this, he immediately lost his composure. He put on his clothes and hurried out of the box.
When the food supplier saw this, he immediately became unhappy, and he also heard the phone call made by Li Chao.
"There are not many yellow croakers in the market nowadays. I gave all the yellow croakers in this batch to you, Brother Chao. Are you going to leave without even finishing your tea, Brother Chao?" The food supplier said with a rather unpleasant expression.
When Li Chao saw this, he immediately covered his forehead, wondering how he could have forgotten about this guy. He quickly said, "Zhen Fei, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, my brother just got a call, the house is on fire, and I have to leave."
"Bullshit." Murong Zhenfei cursed, "I heard everything just now. It was a bluefin tuna weighing several hundred kilograms."
Li Chao tried to change the subject, saying, "Lao Zhang went to Liaogang this time and brought back a nautilus shell in good condition. Why don't you go and take a look?"
"Don't change the subject." Murong Zhenfei shook her head and said, "The Nautilus is good, but it will definitely not come out of Lao Zhang's mouth. I want half of this bluefin tuna."
"half?"
"Why don't you go and rob?" Li Chao yelled, "You can't take out the things that are in Lao Zhang's mouth, but you can take out the things that are in my mouth? No way."
Murong Zhenfei was also angry. He said, "You have taken out all my money, and you won't let me take out the money in your mouth? Either give me half of this bluefin tuna, or forget about getting any of that batch of yellow croaker."
Li Chao sneered, "Then don't send your other products to my hotel."
When Murong Zhenfei heard this, he immediately became scared. Li Chao's hotel was his biggest sales channel. If Li Chao stopped taking his goods, he would be seriously hurt.
If the hard approach doesn’t work, he’ll try the soft approach.
Murong Zhenfei pleaded, "Brother Chao, the food market is really bad these days. I really need half a bluefin tuna to make a name for myself. What is your relationship with me? If you eat meat, you should at least give me a sip of soup."
"I didn't see you starve to death without that bluefin tuna." Li Chao rolled his eyes, "Okay, okay, besides the gills, cut off any other part you like and take 10 kilograms."
"Ten pounds? Are you sending away a beggar?" Murong Zhenfei said angrily.
Li Chao's eyes rolled, and he suddenly said, "Actually, it's not impossible to give you 100 kilograms."
"Really?" Murong Zhenfei looked at Li Chao in surprise.
"Don't worry, I have conditions." Li Chao said with a smile.
Murong Zhenfei blinked twice and patted his pocket, "Brother Chao, I really gave you everything."
"Bullshit." Li Chao cursed with a smile: "What kind of order did you sign with the Swan Hotel some time ago?"
Swan Hotel is a well-known old five-star hotel in Guangzhou and one of the earliest five-star hotels in the country. Its specifications are even higher than those of Dragon City Hotel.