"The rose stone fish is given to you, and the ten kilograms of bluefin tuna meat belongs to me. I will have someone transfer the money to you later. You said you wanted this rose stone fish, so you only want the first one. The second and third ones are all mine." Zhang Qicheng looked so annoying now, and he was so proud that he almost laughed out loud.
"Brother Xiang, this fish belongs to me, and I'll pay you 500,000." Li Chao turned his head and looked at Zhang Qicheng, "The deal is not complete until you pay for the bluefin tuna. Now I don't want that fish anymore, I want this one. You said that as long as I don't fight with you for that one, the rest will be mine."
Zhang Qicheng looked at Li Chao with a smile, "So this is how you do business, Brother Chao?"
"Don't talk nonsense." Li Chao stretched out five fingers, "I'll give you another five kilograms of bluefin tuna meat. This fish must belong to me."
Zhang Qicheng grinned, "I can't finish 15 kilograms, so 10 kilograms will be enough to try."
Li Chao cursed in his heart. Why don't you eat to death? Ten kilograms is just a taste? Do you know what kind of fish it is? Li Chao ate less than half a kilogram of the bluefin tuna and only gave about two kilograms to his family. Even so, Li Chao felt very sad. Zhang Qicheng took ten kilograms in one breath, just to taste it. Li Chao was so angry that he almost couldn't breathe.
"Boss Zhang, Mr. Li." Song Guoning came over and said with a smile, "Give me this rose stone fish. It will be very useful to me."
Murong Zhenfei also leaned over and said, "Brother Chao, Zhang..."
"What brother? You are my brother, please don't make trouble, okay?" Li Chao stood in front of the fish basket and said with a bitter face: "Brother Ning, it's not that I don't sell it to you to give you face, I really can't give up this fish. You know, Longcheng City has a new five-star hotel this year. The distance between our two hotels is too close, and our business scope is too overlapping. I am now waiting for this rose stone fish to save my life."
Song Guoning's mouth twitched, thinking that Li Chao was too good at pretending, and his acting was so real, the only thing missing was tears and snot. Everyone knew that Li Chao had brought back lots of rare seafood to the hotel this year, and had already made a fortune, especially the bluefin tuna, which attracted many dignitaries to come from far away to have a taste.
"Haha, I saw you guys arguing so fiercely, so I came over to make a joke." Song Guoning said.
Li Chao took a long breath, "Brother Ning, you almost made me fall over with this joke."
In fact, everyone knows that Song Guoning really wants this rose stone fish. This kind of top-quality food is so rare that you may only see it once in several lifetimes. As a catering tycoon, it would be strange if Song Guoning did not fight for it when he encountered it.
It's just that Song Guoning saw that Li Chao would never give in. Plus, Song Guoning and Li Chao are now partners, and the cooperative project is mainly based on Li Chao. Song Guoning didn't want to offend Li Chao so he took the initiative to withdraw.
Seeing that Song Guoning had given up, the other bosses naturally would not bother themselves anymore. Even Zhou Lili, who was very excited, had words on her lips several times, but in the end she swallowed them back and said nothing.
At the end, even Murong Zhenfei smiled bitterly, shook her head, and stood aside without saying anything.
However, Zhang Qicheng did not give in.
First of all, the relationship between Zhang Qicheng and Li Chao is indeed unusual.
It is possible that Zhang Qicheng and Li Chao's relationship is even closer than Li Chao and Murong Zhenfei's. This can be seen from the fact that they almost always stay together when they are free, and they have come to Yanlong Village together several times.
In addition, Zhang Qicheng had already given up a rose stone fish before, and Li Chao had said that he would not fight for the second one.
Xiang Yang was watching with a smile on his face the whole time. In fact, the moment he saw Song Guoning withdraw, Xiang Yang already had an idea in his mind. This ridiculously large rose stone fish would definitely belong to Li Chao if nothing unexpected happened.
Zhang Qicheng seemed to be refusing to give in, but in fact he only made one offer.
Li Chao only made an offer once, and he did not increase the price by a penny based on Zhang Qicheng's original offer.
Although they seem to be competing fiercely, they are actually still rational. At least they don't do stupid things like deliberately raising prices.
"Brother Chao, Brother Li." Xiang Yang said with a smile: "Have you guys fought enough? If you don't fight to a conclusion, this fish will die."
"I'll be there soon." Li Chao responded to Xiang Yang, then looked at Zhang Qicheng and gritted his teeth and said, "Aren't you coveting my batch of caviar? I'll give you two kilograms."
Zhang Qicheng looked up at the sky and said, "Fifty kilograms."
"Fifty kilograms? Why don't you just die? Five kilograms, just five kilograms, even a gram more will be gone." Li Chao roared.
"Okay, give me five kilograms of caviar and fifteen kilograms of bluefin tuna at cost price, and this rose stone fish will be yours." Zhang Qicheng said.
Li Chao's mouth twitched, and he said with a pained look, "Didn't you say that you couldn't finish 15 kilograms of bluefin tuna?"
After Li Chao had talked with Zhang Qicheng, he hurried to deal with the giant rose stone fish.
He borrowed a large water tank from Xiang Yang, personally drew sea water from the sea and poured it into the tank, then scooped two spoonfuls of fine salt into the tank, just like serving an ancestor.
Xiang Yang was quite speechless, "Brother Chao, isn't it just a stone fish? Is it necessary to take care of it like this?"
"Of course." Li Chao looked at the motionless rose stone fish lying in the water tank and smiled happily: "When the stone fish grows to this size, it is no longer just a food. It is the signature of my hotel. This value cannot be exchanged for any amount of money."
After thinking for a while, Li Chao added: "It is as precious as single-head abalone."
"Speaking of single-headed abalone, I remembered something. Has the single-headed abalone you took away last time been eaten or is it still kept in the hotel?" Xiang Yang asked.
Li Chao sighed and said, "I ate it."
Xiang Yang: “…”
The last time Li Chao took away the single-head abalone, he also said that it was the signature dish of his hotel and he would never eat it even if he was beaten to death.
But Li Chao was in charge of the hotel business, and the abalone he brought back was originally for eating, so it was not surprising that it was eaten. Xiang Yang could only sigh: "There are so many rich people, some people are willing to eat such expensive abalone."
Li Chao smiled and didn't explain to Xiang Yang.
In fact, the single abalone was not eaten by any one person.
After Li Chao took the abalone back, he hyped it up and held a grand abalone banquet. The profit he made was much more than selling a single abalone individually.
Li Chao is planning to repeat his old tricks with this rose stone fish, and he has even thought about when to hype it up. He is going to hold a grand stone fish banquet on the day the Binhai Hotel opens.
At this time, Zhang Qicheng dealt with the stone fish and walked towards this side.
Li Chao looked at Zhang Qicheng and said, "Old Zhang, should we just cook the stone fish in your hand at noon?"
"Mr. Li, please don't embarrass Mr. Zhang." Zhou Lili said with a smile, "Mr. Zhang, I would definitely refuse such a big stone fish. If you want to eat stone fish, go to a stone fish restaurant. It's delicious and cheap. I know a stone fish restaurant. A whole stone fish is only a little over a thousand yuan, including killing and cooking. If Mr. Li wants to eat it, I'll take you there."