After listening to what Professor Chen Yu and Professor Cai said, everyone laughed. Yes, for people in their line of work, sometimes they might drift on the sea for several months at a time. Once they get busy, it is good enough to have a working meal, and most of the time they just eat dry food.
The residents coming and going in Huhai Town all looked sideways when they saw Professor Chen Yu and his group. They were very curious as to why so many outsiders suddenly came to Huhai Town today. Moreover, these outsiders all had an indescribable temperament, which made this group of people look particularly friendly.
Shark, one of the three seafood buyers in Huhai Town, happened to pass by.
Shark frowned as he looked at Professor Chen Yu and his group, but he felt strange and anxious in his heart. Could these people be tourists? He had been in Huhai Town for decades, and he had never heard of any tourist attractions in Huhai Town!
The news that Qinglongwan has been planned as a tourist attraction and that large-scale construction is underway has spread widely in the upper circles of Longcheng City, but small places like Huhai Town, which is close by, have not received any news at all.
If you can't figure it out, just stop thinking about it. Just go up and ask, and then you'll know everything, right
Shark walked over with a big smile on his face, "Hello bosses, are you here to travel in Huhai Town?"
Professor Chen Yu looked at the shark and said with a smile: "Yes, it's you?" Professor Chen Yu spoke very slowly and his pronunciation was very steady. It sounded like he was giving a report, and it made people feel like they were in the spring breeze.
You are really here for a trip. Shark's eyes lit up and he said quickly, "I own a hotel. Dear bosses, you have come from afar and you haven't eaten yet, right? How about eating something in my hotel first?"
Chen Yu looked at Cai Xiali.
Mrs. Cai smiled and nodded, "What a coincidence, I just talked about having dinner and I met this boss, it's fate."
Shark was overjoyed when he heard this. With what Mrs. Cai said, it was a sure thing that this group of people would go to his restaurant for dinner. These people didn't look like poor people at all, and they were tourists. It was a one-time business, and he would definitely make a lot of money from them.
Chen Yu smiled and said, "In that case, please lead the way, boss."
Shark nodded quickly, "Boss, follow me."
Shark led Professor Chen Yu and others around Huhai Town, turning left and right, and soon arrived at a restaurant that looked quite elegant.
"Although this is a small restaurant, it should be the most high-end hotel in this town." Shark held the menu and looked at Professor Chen Yu with a smile, "Everyone, take a look, what do you want to eat? Our restaurant specializes in seafood. Basically, we have everything you want to eat."
This shop is opened by Shark himself, and it mainly sells seafood. Normally the business is not very good and is in a half-dead state, but he is a seafood collector and has the resources, so he can't bear to close the shop. After all, it is his own house, and it would be a waste not to open it. If there is really no money to be made, he might as well treat it as his own restaurant.
Shark's wife was frightened at first when she saw Shark leading so many people into the restaurant, but then she saw those people sitting down quietly and her husband went up with the menu. She immediately realized that these were guests who came to dine, and she hurriedly greeted them with a smile on her face.
Chen Yu pushed his glasses and looked at the menu and said, "Wow, there are quite a lot of dishes here."
"That's right. I'm in the seafood purchasing business. Basically, whatever seafood you want to eat, I have it in my store." Shark said with a flattering look.
During this period, most of the aquatic products in the villages under Huhai Town were taken away by the guys from Yanlong Village. Shark joined forces with two other aquatic product merchants to fight a price war for a while, which hurt himself badly. As a result, the people from Yanlong Village ignored him. Instead, their business became more and more prosperous. His life is difficult now.
This time, nearly sixty people came, which was more than enough to set up a banquet.
Chen Yu took a look at the menu, because this was the first meal for their expedition team, and they didn't know when they would be able to have a decent meal again, so he had planned to order a few hearty dishes. Although their trip was funded by public funds, and Longcheng City was now against extravagance and waste, the welfare benefits for those of them who were engaged in scientific research were still very good, so it was okay to order a few hearty dishes.
As a result, Chen Yu was surprised to find that the dishes on the menu were much cheaper than he had imagined.
"This turbot dish is only sixty yuan a pot? It's not possible that you can only see fish soup but not the fish in the pot." Chen Yu asked with a smile.
Chen Yu likes to eat turbot very much. There is a store selling turbot downstairs from his home. A turbot soup pot costs 168 yuan.
"Boss, what are you talking about?" Shark said quickly, "The seafood soup made from a two-pound turbot is guaranteed to be fresh and alive."
Professor Chen Yu nodded. He roughly understood the situation. In such undeveloped areas, seafood is cheap. In addition, this man was in the seafood purchasing business, so Chen's price must be lower.
"Okay, then I'll order the dishes." Chen Yu picked up a pencil and marked on the menu, ordering one here and one there, which made Shark very happy.
The dishes were ready and the chefs in the restaurant got busy.
Shark came up to Professor Chen Yu and poured tea for him while asking, "Boss, you are all from other places, right?"
Professor Chen Yu had no intention of ignoring him. He smiled and nodded, "It's not really outside. We just came from Longcheng and Yangcheng. It's only an hour or two's drive away."
Shark continued to inquire: "Are you here for tourism?"
This news is very important to Shark, because Shark wants to know whether tourists like Chen Yu coming to Huhai Town is a coincidence or a regular phenomenon. This is very important for his future plans.
If it were in the past, Sharks wouldn't care much about this hotel.
But now, Shark's seafood purchasing business has shrunk by more than half, but he still raises the same number of people. After deducting expenses and shipping costs, his actual profit is less than one-tenth of what it used to be. Moreover, those larger seafood buyers outside are very dissatisfied with him because the quantity and quality of the seafood he provides have declined compared to before.
The shark felt very sad, but there was nothing he could do.
It's useless to be soft.
A hard approach? It's even more useless.
As for speaking with fists like they did more than a decade ago
Shark thought about it, but it was just a thought. Not to mention that he didn't dare, even if he dared, his fist was not as big as those of the people in Yanlong Village!
Not to mention the fishermen from Yanlong Village who have huddled together.
Not to mention Xiang Yang's ocean-going fishing boat that could make sharks tremble at the sight of it, he couldn't even afford to offend Xiang Hui's gang of bad friends.