More than three hours of bottom fishing exhausted everyone on board, and the crew members were lying on the deck in all directions.
But the harvest was also very gratifying, with a total of more than 8,000 kilograms of flounder, two large lobsters weighing one or two kilograms, and dozens of kilograms of swimming crabs. Xiang Yangguang's income from this seabed fishing trip exceeded 100,000 yuan.
Xiang Yang made money, and he was so happy that he immediately promised to give everyone a bonus of 500 yuan after he returned. As a result, even if the crew members were exhausted, they would fall down on the deck with smiles on their faces.
Fang Youqun was a young sailor recruited by Xiang Yang in Yanlong Village. Before, Fang Youqun earned less than 2,000 yuan a month by doing odd jobs in the town. When he heard that Xiang Yang was recruiting people on his fishing boat, Fang Youqun came with trepidation. He did not expect that on the first day of work, the bonus and red envelope alone were almost as much as his income in the past month.
"Brother Yang, will you treat us when we go back today?" Fang Youqun, who was overjoyed, immediately asked loudly when he remembered that Xiang Yang had said in the morning that he would host a welcoming party for the old sailors who had come from afar on the ship in the evening.
"You're still treating me, aren't you tired?" Xiang Yang said with a smile while looking at Fang Youqun. Xiang Yang knew Fang Youqun, this guy was only two years younger than Xiang Yang, but he had an older sister. At that time, family planning was the most strictly enforced. She didn't get her ID card until she was four years old, and now her age on the ID card is only 17 years old.
"Tired?" Hearing Xiang Yang say this, Fang Youqun immediately climbed up from the deck and asked the other crew members lying beside him, "Are you tired?"
Immediately, a group of people started to make a noise, “Not tired!” They were all young people at an age where they loved to join in the fun, so how could they say they were tired at this time
Xiang Yang was also happy, "Then let's get a box of white tonight."
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The fishing boat braved the wind and waves and sailed towards Yanlong Village at the fastest speed of 11 knots. It was not until Xu Fang, who was driving the fishing boat, entered the Qinglongwan waters that he slowly slowed down the speed.
Before docking, Xiang Yang saw a lot of people standing on the dock at the bow of the boat.
There were villagers from Yanlong Village who were familiar to Xiang Yang. It went without saying that these people wanted to see what kind of catch Xiang Yang's big ship had.
There were also a few unfamiliar faces that Xiang Yang didn't recognize, and he had no idea what they did.
"It should be that the seafood buyers got the news and came here to collect seafood, and the villagers also came to watch the fun." Zhou Wang pointed to several white vans beside the dock and smiled.
"Collecting seafood?" Xiang Yang's mind moved, and he immediately looked at Zhou Wang, "Master Zhou, can you be more specific?"
"Captain, did you go out to sea directly without contacting the seafood buyers?" Now it was Zhou Wang's turn to be surprised.
"I haven't really contacted any seafood buyers. I used to contact seafood wholesalers to ship the fish after I caught them," Xiang Yang explained.
"That should be the seafood buyer from your town who heard the news from somewhere and came here on his own."
Zhou Wang explained, "Captain, you used to fish with a small fishing boat and didn't catch much, so naturally no seafood buyers would waste their energy to come all the way here. But now the situation is different. You are now fishing with a large fishing boat, and each catch is calculated in tons. So much seafood is worth it for seafood buyers to wait on the shore. I suggest that you contact a few reliable seafood buyers in the future. This way, the catch can be sold at a high price. Secondly, it can prevent some valuable catches from dying during transportation and then depreciating. At the same time, it can also reduce a lot of work burden and save a lot of freight."
"Yeah." Xiang Yang nodded slightly. Zhou Wang's suggestion really needed to be carefully considered. High-end seafood has always been in short supply, so there is no need to worry about sales. The same is true for cheap seafood. Zhang Qichen, who has had several business dealings with Xiang Yang, can fully consume all of Xiang Yang's cheap seafood. Xiang Yang is also quite satisfied with the price Zhang Qichen gave.
However, some seafood that are not considered high-end seafood but are not cheap seafood are not so easy to handle.
For example, the boatload of horsehead fish that Fatty Zuo caught last time could clearly be sold for seventy or eighty yuan per catty, but after being frozen, it was only worth twenty or thirty yuan per catty at wholesale. Zhang Qichen was unwilling to buy it, and Boss Li only took it away reluctantly to save Xiang Yang's face.
There will be many opportunities to catch aquatic products like horsehead fish in the future. Xiang Yang cannot ask Boss Li to buy his face every time, nor can he sell valuable things at a low price every time. Finding new shipping channels is imminent.
"After we dock, let's go down and ask them what price they can give us!" Xiang Yang decided to have a good chat with those seafood buyers.
Xiang Yang was talking about the seafood buyers on the boat, and the seafood buyers were also talking about Xiang Yang on the dock.
"I didn't expect that a shabby place like Yanlong Village actually has a large ship that can sail on the ocean. I thought it was fake news." A seafood buyer with a big poop laughed.
"I heard that the owner of this ship is a nouveau riche who became rich overnight by catching a treasure on the bottom of the sea. He's quite courageous as he's willing to buy such a big ship." Another seafood buyer with a shark tattoo on his body chuckled.
"No matter how other people's ships came from, since we have bought the ship, he is our God of Wealth. Be smart when you speak." A middle-aged buyer with a bald head whispered.
"Don't worry, the seafood purchasing in the entire Hu Hai town is monopolized by the three of us. As long as we don't start internal strife, we guarantee that we will have him eaten to death." The seafood buyer with a shark tattoo said disdainfully.
The pot-bellied seafood buyer nodded, agreeing with what the man with the shark tattoo said.
"Remember our agreement. The catch on his boat will be divided equally among the three of us. No one is allowed to snatch it." said the bald man.
"Let's take a look first. Maybe they will return empty-handed, and we will have made a wasted trip." said the fat man.
"Even if we don't catch any fish this time, there will definitely be some in the future. Such a big ship won't go for nothing every time. Wait until they get off the boat. I'll play the good cop, Fatty, you play the bad cop, and Shark, you play the peacemaker. Let's try to lower the price of the fish on his boat the first time we meet." said the bald man.
“Don’t push the price too hard either.”
"Don't worry, who doesn't understand the principle of slow and steady progress? I will definitely ensure that his fishing boat can continue to operate."
"Stop talking, the boat has docked."
"Let's go and check out the catch first." The three of them smiled and walked towards the unloading bridge beside the dock.
The fishing boat docked, and a probe was placed on the unloading bridge. Zhou Wang and two sailors dragged a thick iron chain and were the first to pass the probe to the dock and secure the fishing boat to the side of the dock.
"Haha, who is the captain? We are all seafood buyers in Huhai Town. I didn't expect that there would be such a large fishing boat in our Huhai Town. Congratulations!" Big Fat took the other two seafood buyers to the exploration board. Xiang Yang heard the other party's voice before they got on the boat.