"I am the captain of this ship." As guests are welcome, they are greeted with a smile. Xiang Yang was naturally polite as well, and smiled as he welcomed the three seafood buyers onto the deck.
So young
The tattooed man was surprised to see Xiang Yang, and then he looked down on him even more in his heart. Young people are good, but they are short-sighted and easiest to be taken advantage of.
After glancing around the deck, the tattooed man said, "We call this guy Fatty, this guy Baldy, and you can just call me Shark. What's your name, brother?"
"Xiang Yang."
"It turned out to be Brother Xiang."
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After a brief greeting, they got straight to the point.
"Brother Xiang, is this all you caught this time you went out to sea?" asked the bald man, pointing at the water tanks and wooden barrels on the nail plate.
"After all, it's our first time going out to sea, so it's good to have some harvest." Fatty stared at a water tank carefully and said with a smile.
"Of course not. The water tanks on the deck only hold a small portion of the catch. Most of the catch is in the cabin." Xiang Yang smiled, "Xiang Chen, open the No. 2 freezer and show the three bosses our catch."
The pufferfish caught in Xiang Yang’s first net are all kept in the water tank, while other less valuable fish are placed in foam boxes in freezer No. 1, and freezer No. 2 is filled with mountains of turbot.
Boxes of foam boxes filled with turbot were opened, and Baldy, Fatty, and Shark all gasped.
"We have already opened dozens of boxes, Boss Xiang, these can't be all of them?" Big Fat said in surprise, pointing at the mountain of foam boxes.
"Yes, all of them. There are more than 170 boxes in total, and each box contains about 50 kilograms of turbot." Xiang Yang nodded.
"More than 170 boxes in total?" Shark gasped. "Each box weighs more than 50 kilograms. Doesn't that mean there are 8,000 to 9,000 kilograms of turbot?"
"What a pity, they are all worthless flounders." Xiang Yang pretended to sigh.
The shark's mouth twitched slightly. Flatfish are indeed not valuable, but there are so many of them. What else do you expect when you catch 8,000 to 9,000 kilograms of turbot in one trip to the sea
The eight or nine thousand kilograms of catch piled together was quite spectacular. Even the seafood buyers in the three towns who specialized in purchasing seafood were shocked by Xiang Yang's generosity.
After a long while, the bald man walked to one of the foam boxes and took out a turbot and said, "Boss Xiang, your turbot is a little small, and too much at one time may cause a certain impact on the market. I'm afraid I can't sell it for a good price!"
The smile on Xiang Yang's face gradually disappeared. Most of the turbot sold in the market weighed one or two kilograms each. Each of the turbot on the boat weighed more than two kilograms. The one in the bald man's hand weighed closer to three kilograms. How could this be considered small
The bald man was not surprised to see the smile on Xiang Yang's face disappear, but was happy instead. He thought Xiang Yang was worried that the fish could not be sold, so he immediately struck while the iron was hot and said, "Anyway, I can't eat so many turbots, but if you are willing to lower the price, Boss Xiang, I can help you and share two or three thousand kilograms for you."
"How much cheaper can it be?" Xiang Yang asked calmly.
"Seven yuan per pound, after all, your quantity is too large, which will definitely have an impact on the market. By then, the price of turbot in the market will surely drop. I don't even know if I will lose money at seven yuan per pound." said the bald man.
"Is that what you mean?" Xiang Yang looked at Shark and Fatty.
Shark and Fatty were originally watching coldly, but after seeing Xiang Yang asking the question and looking at each other, Shark spoke first.
"Boss Xiang, you may not like what Baldy said, but it is true. I am also worried that too much flounder will have a certain impact on the market. Seven yuan per pound is my limit."
The bald man sneered in his heart, still want to compare prices? The three companies had already agreed before coming here, today they will eat Ding Xiangyang.
The crew members behind Xiang Yang were all getting nervous. Before they came back, they thought these turbots could be sold for ten yuan per pound. Now the price has been cut three times. Would the bonus and red envelope that Xiang Yang promised them still count
"Xiang Chen, show him out." Xiang Yang was too lazy to even look at the three seafood buyers and was about to walk below the deck. Xiang Yang had already seen that the three seafood buyers were in collusion to cheat him, and he didn't even have the interest to bargain with them.
Xiang Chen hesitated after receiving Xiang Yang's order before saying, "Please come in, three bosses!"
Xiang Chen was not as confident as Xiang Yang. He was worried that if Xiang Yang failed to sell this batch of turbot outside, he would have to ask the three bosses for help.
The three seafood buyers were completely shocked. They gave up their temper and chased after Xiang Yang.
"Hey, hey, Boss Xiang, don't go. If you are not satisfied with the price, we can negotiate it. Otherwise, you can make an offer. How much do you want?" The fat man said, holding Xiang Yang's arm.
"Don't let me make the offer. If I am satisfied with the price, then we can do the deal. If the price still doesn't satisfy me, then we will part ways." Xiang Yang decided to give the three seafood buyers another chance.
"Boss Xiang, you have to understand our difficulties. What Baldy said is true. We can only offer this price for those frozen fish. We are afraid of losing money even if it is more expensive. How about this, I will offer you ten yuan per pound for the live flounder on your boat. I will just consider it as making you my friend. How about that?"
Each of the flounders raised in seawater on the deck weighs more than four pounds. Once a flounder weighs more than four pounds, its value immediately doubles and it can be served at banquets. Some big hotels purchase it for at least a hundred yuan per pound.
When Xiang Yang heard that the other party only offered ten yuan per pound, he really didn't want to negotiate with these three insincere seafood buyers anymore, and directly asked the crew to drive all three of them off the deck.
The three seafood buyers who were driven off the deck all looked unhappy.
"What is this?" Big Fatty pouted. "If he doesn't want to sell it to us, does he want to sell it himself?"
"How can it be so easy to find sales channels?" The bald man narrowed his eyes. "It's easy to find sales channels for high-quality seafood, but he doesn't have them. How many years and how much money did the three of us spend to develop sales channels for these cheap seafood? There are only three of us seafood buyers in the entire town. If he doesn't sell to us, all his catches will have to stay on the boat and stink."
"I'll only give him seven dollars a pound to give him face." Shark sneered, "He will come to us for help in two days at most."
"When he comes to us for help, there won't be any money left over from the seven dollars."
"It's time to teach him a lesson. Let him know who has the final say in the seafood market in Huhai Town. He can't do whatever he wants just because he bought a big ship."
"Let's go back and lower the price when he comes to us for help."
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Xiang Yang thought that the matter had come to an end, but he didn't expect that more troublesome things were still to come.