After Xiang Yang discussed with the fellow villager how to divide the sea snake spoils, he continued searching among the reefs.
In Huhai Town, Fatty and Baldy gathered together, both with serious expressions, as if they were waiting for someone.
Suddenly, footsteps were heard, and both Fatty and Baldy looked towards the door.
"How is it? What did you find out?" The bald man asked before the visitor could speak.
"It's probably about the worst you could imagine." The shark who walked in had an unpleasant look on his face. "There's news from Yanlong Village that the Xiang family is now open to all levels of seafood purchase business."
"There are two possibilities." The bald man nodded slowly. "One is that the Xiang family actually has no distribution channels for low-end seafood products, but they have been forced into a corner by us and are now trying to hold on to us. The other is that the Xiang family has distribution channels for low-end seafood products, and they have long had the idea of purchasing low-end seafood products. Our move is just a catalyst."
"If it's the first case, it's easy to deal with. The other party will go bankrupt in a few days. If it's the second case, it means our decision is correct. If we don't strangle it in the cradle now, it won't be long before a fourth seafood buyer will appear in our Huhai Town. I will never allow this." Big Fat continued.
"I'm afraid it's the second scenario." Shark's face twitched, and he looked pained. "Be prepared for price increases. The Xiang family has also made a move. My people have received accurate information that many people in Yanlong Village have gone to other villages to buy seafood. The price is much higher than ours. For a short period of time, villagers in other villages may wait and see, but if we don't react, I'm afraid they will all turn to Yanlong Village in a few days."
"Hasn't the price increase already been discussed?" The bald man took a deep breath. "Compared to having one more person competing with us for food in the future, what does the short-term loss matter?"
Both Fatty and Shark looked gloomy, and for a moment there seemed to be a sense of impending storm.
Let’s not talk about the situation in Huhai Town for now.
On the Qinglongwan Beach, Xiang Yang did not feel the slightest sense of urgency that the business war had already begun.
From the very beginning, Xiang Yang was not on the same level as the three seafood buyers in the town. Xiang Yang, who possessed the mysterious jade shells and owned an ocean-going fishing boat, could have a steady supply of seafood piled up like mountains waiting to be shipped even if he did not purchase any seafood.
At the beginning, Xiang Yang did not regard the three seafood buyers in the town as competitors. In fact, when he started purchasing seafood, Xiang Yang did not even consider the three seafood buyers in the town at all.
The outcome of this business war was foreseeable from the moment Xiang Yang made the decision to drive the three seafood acquisitions out of Huhai Town.
More and more people are going to the beach to catch the seafood.
Even the crew members on Xiang Yang's ship heard the news that Xiang Yang was out fishing, and they all ran to the beach carrying buckets and nets.
"Captain, your harvest is just average!" Fang Youqun stretched his neck to look into the bucket that Xiang Yang was carrying and said with a laugh.
Xiang Yang rolled his eyes, turned the bucket over and poured it a few times, but nothing came out. "I've only been here for a short time, and I said I didn't receive any goods. What do you mean the goods I received were just average?"
"I told you to kiss up to the boss every day, and now you've done it, right?" The crew members all laughed.
Fang Youqun rolled his eyes in frustration and was too lazy to pay attention to these bad friends.
"Didn't we give you a day off today and give you red envelopes? Why are you coming to the beach instead of going to town to play?" Xiang Yang asked with a smile.
"We only worked one day, what town are we going to play in?" Fang Youqun became active again, "Of course we'll go wherever you are, Captain."
"Haha, there is no work for you to do today. Spread out and see if you can pick up some seafood to take home for dinner in the evening." Xiang Yang said.
"Now that we're here, it would be boring to just go our separate ways." Xiang Chen said with a smile, "Brother Yang, how about we play a game of gambling on seafood?"
"Betting on seafood? I'll come too." Xiang Hui saw a large group of people on Xiang Yang's boat coming to the beach, and they came out from somewhere. He loved to join in the fun.
The so-called seafood gambling is that a group of people agree on a time to see who can get more seafood. The seafood is not divided into values, whoever has the heaviest seafood is the winner.
Xiang Yang instinctively wanted to refuse, but then he remembered that companies and enterprises outside often organized various team-building activities.
"Okay, how do you want to bet?" Xiang Yang asked with a smile.
Betting on seafood is divided into individual betting and group betting.
As the name suggests, betting against each other means two people compete to see who can catch more seafood. Group betting means a group of people betting together, and the person who catches the most seafood in the end is the winner. The bet is generally one, five, or ten dollars. Losing is not a big deal, but winning means you have asked for good luck and you will naturally be happy.
"It must be a group bet. The stakes must be ten dollars!" Xiang Hui shouted immediately.
Xiang Chen glared at Xiang Hui and said, "People on our ship are betting on seafood, why are you joining in the fun?"
"Don't be so formal. Everyone who sees it deserves a share." Xiang Hui said with a chuckle.
"Hey, what do you mean by whoever sees it gets a share? Do you think you can defeat us?" Fang Youqun immediately glared at him.
"How can we refuse money if someone wants to give it to us?" Xiang Yang said with a smile, "Since he is giving us money, we will give in to him. Let's make a group bet. How about ten dollars?"
Now that Xiang Yang had spoken, naturally no one would have any objections.
There were more than 20 people participating in the competition. If they won, they could win more than 200 yuan, which was not a small sum in Yanlong Village. The crew members were all ready to warm up on the beach, determined to use their best skills to win the 200 yuan.
More than two hundred yuan is not a lot for Xiang Yang, but since he has participated in the competition, there is no reason to admit defeat. Xiang Yang also took off his shirt with a smile.
"Get ready!" Xu Fang shouted. Uncle Xiang took Zhou Wang and another old crew member to the county to sell the batch of low-end seafood. Xu Fang, the crew member who stayed in Yanlong Village, was the only one who did not participate in the competition, so he was naturally the referee.
Everybody get ready.
"start!"
As soon as Xu Fang finished speaking, everyone started moving. Some people jumped directly into the sea with their nets, while others ran to the beach with buckets.
Xiang Yang was not in a hurry to set off immediately, but smiled at Xu Fang and said, "Master Xu, you should lose some weight from your belly, otherwise you won't be able to swim in this kind of activity in the future."
"I'm middle-aged and have been staying in the cockpit for years. I can't lose weight." Xu Fangle said, "Captain, the competition has already started. You're not going diving or digging on the beach. You're coming to chat with me. Are you trying to bribe me, the referee?"
Xiang Yang was stunned at first, then he laughed and said, "I also want to try to bribe the referee to win, but my strength does not allow it!"