"In the past, because there were too many violent incidents during this kind of transaction, which caused extremely huge losses to both parties of the transaction, gradually, this kind of transaction also formed some unwritten rules." Chen Bin said with a smile.
"oh?"
Xiang Yang became interested and asked, "What are the rules?"
"For example, don't show off your wealth."
Chen Bin pointed at the huge freighter and said, "Look, the other side stopped about 200 meters away from us. If nothing unexpected happens, we will both stay there for a long time. During this time, neither of us will disturb each other. The purpose is to let us hide some valuable catches that we don't want to sell."
At this point, Chen Bin suddenly blinked his eyes and said, "There are some things on some ships that cannot be seen in the light, such as penguins, seals, and even some protected seabirds. These things must also be hidden."
"Once we have hidden what should be hidden and decided what to sell, it will be time for us to meet and negotiate." Chen Bin said with a smile.
Xiang Yang nodded and suddenly laughed: "It feels a bit like a black market transaction. Do you think they don't have guns?"
Chen Bin grinned, "Just like we don't know if they have guns, they don't know if we have guns. Don't worry, as long as we don't show them some expensive seafood, we won't have a conflict with them."
"If that's the case, then it's easy. Most of the seafood on our ship are not cheap. Once they are shipped back to the country, they will be in great demand. What I want to sell is very simple, just those krill," said Xiang Yang.
Chen Bin rolled his eyes. "Do you think they came all the way to Antarctica to do good deeds? Krill are everywhere in Antarctica. No one will buy krill. Their main purpose is to catch Antarctic sturgeon and Antarctic icefish, as well as some other valuable seafood."
"Is that so?" Xiang Yang thought thoughtfully.
When he was in school, Xiang Yang once heard a very interesting report.
There is a fleet that goes to Antarctica twice a year.
Every time we go to Antarctica, it costs about three million yuan in total, including food and drink for the personnel, fuel costs, employee salaries, supplies along the way, and various equipment.
It took them about four months to go there and back.
Every time they came back, they were hauling boatloads of krill.
Most of those krill are sold to pet snack processing factories, and the total number of krill brought back each time may not even add up to two million.
This means that that fleet suffers a net loss of one million every time it goes out, and that does not include depreciation of equipment, but they go to Antarctica every year, and they go there twice a year.
At that time, Xiang Yang regarded the report as a joke.
Now looking at the giant processing ship not far ahead, Xiang Yang seemed to understand how that fleet made money.
Soon, Gao Chuang finished discussing with his first mate, and then limped over here.
"Mr. Gao."
"boss."
Xiang Yang and a group of captains stood up immediately.
"Sit down, everyone sit down."
Gao Chuang pressed his hands together, then pulled over a chair and sat down. "Damn it, I ate too much seafood and my gout is coming back. It hurts so much."
Xiang Yang was surprised and asked, "Mr. Gao, do you have gout?"
"For people like us who drift on the sea all year round, eat seafood every meal, drink more beer than water, and add the humidity, how many of us don't have gout?"
Gao Chuang waved his hand nonchalantly, and then said: "You should all know what that ship is. I don't need to introduce it, right?"
Xiang Yang and Wu Shiwen looked at each other and nodded at the same time. They both knew that Gao Chuang's question was actually specifically addressed to them.
"Okay, now that you all know, I'll make it short. Make a list of what kind of catches are on the boat, and draw up a list of the ones you want to sell. As for the ones you don't want to sell, go to the boat quickly and lock the cabin. I'll wait for you here. Come over quickly when you're done." Gao Chuang said directly.
"By the way, let me remind you that the price here is much lower than selling it on land. If you don't really want to take it back or can't take it with you, then don't sell it."
Xiang Yang sighed inwardly that there were great differences in the degree of animal protection efforts among countries around the world. That transport ship was clearly a processing ship in the guise of collecting all kinds of fish that were not allowed to be caught.
Thinking of this, Xiang Yang shook his head and said, "Boss Gao, I don't need to go back to prepare. I don't have anything to sell on my ship except krill and squid."
Gao Chuang nodded, not at all surprised, "Okay, then go back and prepare what you want to sell."
Xiang Yang's ship has a carrying capacity of up to two thousand tons, which is still a long way from being fully loaded. In addition, all the fish on Xiang Yang's ship are caught legally, so Xiang Yang never thought of selling them cheaply here.
Gao Chuang obviously had his own plans. He directly said to the remaining captains: "Make a list of all the catches on the ship for me. Except for the rare catches, I will bring them all to talk to the other party later."
Xiang Yang was a little surprised and asked, "Boss Gao, apart from those rare catches, you don't plan to take the rest back?"
Gao Chuang shook his head. "It is true that the price of bringing them back is much higher. But firstly, the journey back is long and it is very difficult to keep them fresh or alive. Secondly, I have no intention of going back in the short term. We can catch those fish that are not very rare later."
"The most important thing is that we need supplies. If we don't sell fish to them, these foreigners won't sell us supplies."
Xiang Yang nodded. "So there is a way to get supplies in Antarctica. No wonder I was surprised before that there were so few vegetables and fruits on your ship."
Gao Chuang laughed when he heard this. "Just bring enough food for the journey. If you carry so many fruits and vegetables to Antarctica, I won't even mention whether some of them will go bad on the way. The gas money will be enough for you to replenish your supplies."
Xiang Yang smiled and said, "Compared to the load of a large ocean-going fishing vessel, the vegetables and fruits I hauled don't consume much fuel."
In fact, before coming to Antarctica, Xiang Yang had thought about whether he should wait until he arrived in Antarctica to resupply.
Before Xiang Yang set out, he knew that supplies could be carried out in Antarctica. Not only merchant ships like this could carry out supplies, but there were also special supply ships and refueling ships in Antarctica.
But after careful consideration, Xiang Yang decided to wait until he had supplies before setting off. It is never a bad thing to be fully prepared.