First of all, considering the scale of seafood Xiang Yang currently provides, these few geoducks are of no use at all. If he really wants to buy them, he must buy them in large quantities, or even sign an agreement directly with the fishing village to purchase them for a long time.
The most important thing is that in Xiang Yang's opinion, the behavior of the person in front of him is no different from stealing.
If Xiang Yang makes a deal with him, wouldn't that be selling off stolen goods
"Of course not." The old fisherman said with a smile, "We catch these geoducks and we sell them ourselves to get paid. We usually deliver them to the kitchen of a hotel in the city. Their price is not high, and they still ask us to deliver it ourselves. If you can offer a higher price than them, then of course I am willing to sell it to you, not only mine, but everyone else's."
"Oh?" Xiang Yang became interested and discussed with Chen Qingsheng next to him: "Can we go down and take a look?"
Chen Qingsheng nodded. "This is not only within the territorial waters, but also near the coast. There is no need to worry about safety issues."
Xiang Yang nodded.
Although there are many fish that are not allowed to be caught in the territorial waters, and if a shipwreck is found, salvage is not allowed, there is one thing that the high seas absolutely cannot compare to, and that is its safety.
Our fishermen do not have to worry about man-made dangers when fishing in their own territorial waters.
No pirates or scoundrels dare to cause trouble within our territorial waters.
"Okay, let's go down and take a look." Xiang Yang asked someone to lower the ladder, and then he climbed down the ladder. When he was almost close to the small boat, he jumped hard and jumped onto the boat. His feet landed steadily on the ground, and his body swayed twice with the boat before he immediately stood firm.
"How do you sell this geoduck when you send it to the hotel?" Xiang Yang asked.
"We won't sell anything below half a catty. Anything above half a catty is 500 yuan a catty, anything above a catty is 1,000 yuan a catty, and anything above a catty and a half is 2,000 yuan a catty." The old fisherman said with a simple face.
Xiang Yang raised his eyebrows. This old man looked simple, but he was really cunning.
Geoducks weighing about half a pound are the most popular geoducks on the market.
In some seafood restaurants, geoduck weighing half a pound is indeed sold for eight or nine hundred yuan per pound, but that includes the shipping cost, maintenance cost, and cooking cost. This is a live geoduck, and it is just out of the water, so the price must of course be calculated according to the price at the place of origin.
About half a pound is sold for 500 yuan per pound. Isn't Xiang Yang being taken advantage of
"Boss, look at these geoducks on my boat, each one is top quality." A dark-skinned fisherman with a protruding pot belly shouted from a small boat nearby.
Obviously, this group of people sold geoducks to passing fishermen more than once or twice. When they saw Xiang Yang getting off the boat, many people rowed their fishing boats towards this side, looking at Xiang Yang eagerly, expecting Xiang Yang to give them a satisfactory price.
Xiang Yang took a rough look and found that the clams were indeed good clams. They were all free-range sand clams, also commonly known as earth clams. Looking at the size of the clams, one could tell that these clams were not raised by eating feed.
But the price still needs to be discussed.
Xiang Yang picked up his cell phone and made a call.
"Hello? Mr. Xiang?" On the other end of the phone, Zhang Qichao was working out and was a little out of breath when he spoke.
Xiang Yang smiled and asked, "Mr. Zhang, do you want some geoduck?"
"Geoduck? It's a good thing, but you know me, I'm a wholesaler and retailer, I dare not accept these precious things." Zhang Qicheng said with a smile.
Zhang Qicheng was driving the hands-free car.
Li Chao, who was riding a spinning bike next to him, stepped on the brakes and his ears pricked up instantly, "Geoduck? Sand clam or mud clam?"
Li Chao didn't ask whether they were wild clams or farmed clams.
Because if it was a wild clam, Xiang Yang would not have had to make this call.
Xiang Yang was not surprised to hear Li Chao's voice. Zhang Qicheng and Li Chao were closer than brothers and legal husband and wife. They often stayed together when they were in Longcheng. After arriving in Qinglongwan, where there were not so many places to go, they went out together every day.
"It's sand clams, the quality is pretty good." Xiang Yang said.
When Li Chao heard Xiang Yang say the quality was good, his eyes lit up immediately, "Yes, of course, how many do you have? How much is it?"
Xiang Yang shook his head. "The other party's offer is 500 yuan per catty for fish weighing more than half a catty, 1,000 yuan per catty for fish weighing more than a catty, and 2,000 yuan per catty for fish weighing more than a catty and a half."
Li Chao frowned, "This price is not the purchase price."
"Brother Chao, then you set a price and I will negotiate with them. If we can get it, we will get it. If not, forget it." Xiang Yang said.
"Well, let me tell you, I'll hire you at the price they offered. How much you can earn depends on your own ability." Li Chao said with a smile.
"Okay, then I'll discuss it with them." Xiang Yang said with a smile.
After hanging up the phone, everyone looked at Xiang Yang eagerly.
The old fisherman who first contacted Xiang Yang couldn't help but ask immediately: "Boss, how many of our geoducks do you want?"
Xiang Yang shook his head and said, "Your prices are too high. Wild geoducks only cost more than a thousand yuan per pound, and yours are only two hundred yuan. It's not cost-effective."
After saying that, Xiang Yang turned around and made a gesture to leave, climbing onto the ocean-going fishing boat.
The old fisherman quickly grabbed Xiang Yang and said, "Boss, we can discuss the price. Don't leave in a hurry."
"We delivered it to the hotel, and the hotel gave us this price. If you don't believe me, you can look at the invoice. I have a photo of the invoice on my phone." said another fisherman.
Xiang Yang looked at the fisherman with a smile without saying a word, which made the fisherman feel uneasy.
In fact, those invoices were real, but there was something wrong with the hotel.
The hotel was opened by a big boss with money invested by his cousin.
The hotel business was good, with guests coming in to eat every day. However, the boss not only did not make any money from the hotel's accounts, but he also lost a little every year.
On the contrary, his cousin bought a house and a car over the years.
The fishermen all know that for every geoduck sold at 500 yuan per catty, they have to give a kickback of 200 yuan to the other party, so those geoducks that weigh half a catty are actually 300 yuan per catty. They rely on the photos of these invoices to often cheat passing merchant ships or cargo ships that are ignorant of the business. They usually cannot cheat fishing boats because they understand the market situation here.
Both sides were silent for a moment, waiting for the other to speak first.
Finally, the old fisherman gritted his teeth and said, "We'll deliver it to the hotel. The toll is about 150 yuan. We'll give you a discount of 150 yuan. For more than half a catty, we'll sell it to you for 350 yuan per catty. If it's cheaper, we'd rather spend more time to deliver it to the hotel."
Xiang Yang didn't believe even a single punctuation mark in this statement.