Octopuses and squids are everywhere, and they are about to take over the entire ocean, Xiang Yang thought to himself.
Compared with creatures like squids, Xiang Yang feels that all other marine creatures have to stand aside. Killer whales, humpback whales, and great white sharks are no match for squids.
Comparing individual combat power, it is hard to say who will win when the giant squid faces other ocean overlords.
In terms of individual size, it is far from time to make a final conclusion as to whether the blue whale or the squid is the largest creature on the planet.
Compared to quantity
Wow!
Starting from the equator to the poles, from the coast to the bottomless abyss, there is almost no place in the entire sea without squids.
Xiang Yang ordered Chen Qingsheng to spread the fishing net and use a harpoon to dig out the catch inside. Xiang Yang was disappointed to find that although the fish in the net were of various types, they were all worthless sea fish. In fact, because most of them were octopuses and squids, the total value of the catch in this net was less than one-third of that in the first net.
"What a damn bad luck." Chen Qingsheng cursed.
A researcher didn't understand what Chen Qingsheng was scolding. He pointed at a cuttlefish and said, "This cuttlefish must be at least a hundred kilograms, right? This cuttlefish alone must be worth tens of thousands of dollars, right? Why do you still look so unhappy?"
"One hundred kilograms? Tens of thousands?" Chen Qingsheng looked at the researcher, "I'll sell it to you for 500 yuan. Do you want it?"
"What? Five hundred?" The researcher exclaimed, looked at Chen Qingsheng, then at Xiang Yang, and finally at Professor Chen Yu with a dry smile on his face.
"Comrade, aren't you asking me to make a mistake? If I buy such a big cuttlefish for 500 yuan, I will be scolded to death by Dean Chen when I go back. Besides, your captain is standing right next to him. If you sell such a big cuttlefish for 500 yuan in front of him, he will definitely skin you alive, right?" The researcher said to Chen Qingsheng in a teasing tone.
Cuttlefish is not cheap.
In the supermarket, foods less than one kilogram cost about 70 yuan per kilogram.
If it weighs more than one kilogram, it will cost more than one hundred yuan per kilogram.
If the weight of a fish is over three kilograms, the price will increase to more than two hundred yuan per kilogram.
The price of cuttlefish is directly related to its size.
The head of this cuttlefish is as big as a bucket, and its tentacles, when spread out, are as big as a bed. Judging from its weight, it may be over a hundred kilograms. Wouldn’t the price go through the roof
Selling such a big cuttlefish for five hundred yuan, isn't that no different from selling a bottle of Moutai for two yuan in some occasions
This is clearly a bribe!
Chen Qingsheng looked at Xiang Yang in confusion. He pointed at the cuttlefish and said, "Captain, will you skin me alive if I sell this thing for 500 yuan?"
Xiang Yang smiled and shook his head, "No."
Professor Chen Yu also smiled and said, "Master Peng, if you want to buy it, then buy it. Maybe I can help you bargain."
"Ah?" The researcher looked at Professor Chen Yu in surprise. In the past, Professor Chen Yu would not tolerate even a grain of sand in his eyes. He couldn't understand what was wrong with Professor Chen Yu today.
Master's degree is a degree, not a professional title. This Master Peng is a student of an old teacher and also his assistant. However, laboratory assistant is not a formal position. In public, Professor Chen Yu directly calls him by his degree.
An old professor smiled and said, "Master Peng, do you think this cuttlefish is very valuable?"
"Valuable?" Fang Youqun's eyes lit up and he leaned his head closer.
Master Peng also nodded, his face full of confusion.
Professor Chen Yu smiled heartily, looked at Xiang Yang and said, "Student Xiang Yang, please help this Master Peng solve his doubts."
Xiang Yang smiled and said, "Seafood like squid and cuttlefish are indeed very valuable when dried and transported to inland areas, but in coastal areas, especially in fishing villages, they are just like garbage. Most fishermen see them on the beach and kick them, but are too lazy to bend down to pick them up."
"Ah?" Master Peng exclaimed, his face full of disbelief.
He looked at the cuttlefish with a head as big as a bucket on the deck, then looked at Xiang Yang, "Are you saying this thing is garbage?"
Chen Yu patted his shoulder and said, "That's the truth. Squid is like garbage to the fishing village, especially to the fishermen. Its price is because after being transported out of the fishing village and dried by the dealers, it becomes another commodity. You can think of cuttlefish as the raw material, and dried cuttlefish is the finished product after processing."
Master Peng looked at the cuttlefish, then at Professor Chen Yu, his face full of confusion, "Since this cuttlefish is so valuable just by drying it in the sun, why don't you fishermen dry it yourself?"
"Of course some fishermen dry the fish themselves. After all, fishermen are not fools." Xiang Yang sighed, "But after you dry them, you still have to sell them. Cuttlefish is a very common seafood. There are mountains of cuttlefish in any fishing village. If you dry them, the buyers won't want them. If you drag them out and sell them yourself, what about the shipping fee? Have you thought about it?"
"If the number of cuttlefish he dries is small, and he only takes a few cuttlefish out to sell each time, the shipping cost will not be worth it. If the number of cuttlefish he dries is large, is he still a fisherman? He is a cuttlefish merchant." Xiang Yang said with a smile.
Master Peng pointed at the large cuttlefish on the nail plate and said, "So, these cuttlefish are really cheap?"
Xiang Yang nodded, "If you like it, this is just for you."
"No, I'll pay." Master Peng took out five hundred yuan from his trouser pocket and handed it to Xiang Yang, then ran towards Moyu happily.
"This." Xiang Yang looked at the five hundred yuan in his hand, hesitated for a moment, and then put it in his pocket. It was only five hundred yuan. Besides, the person who gave the money was willing and happy. What else could Xiang Yang refuse
"Clean up all the remaining catches, and then continue to cast the fishing nets." Based on the principle that even a mosquito leg is still meat, Xiang Yang gave loud orders.
Although bamboo saury is cheap, it is easy to sell. Xiang Yang doesn't mind having too much of this stuff. At most, he can just treat his fishing boat as a cargo ship and carry some goods. In this way, the freight of the bamboo saury is high, a few dollars per pound.
Octopus, squid and the like can be stored in freezers for your own consumption or saved for feeding humpback whales.
There are some crabs in this net, more than a hundred in number, both big and small.
Xiang Yang guessed that it must be a group of crabs swimming through the sea area where the fishing net was dragged.
Crabs are creatures that are very easy to get stuck in fishing nets. Due to their peculiar body structure, a crab with a diameter only as big as a ping-pong ball can easily get stuck in a fishing net with a mouth as big as a palm. So this group of crabs passing by should have been caught in the fishing net without missing a single one.