If what was caught was not a pink manta ray but an ordinary manta ray, Chen Qingsheng would not have asked this question and would have simply had someone carry it and thrown it back into the sea.
Manta rays are nationally protected animals. Not only are they rare in number, but they also have strict requirements for the environment in which they live, so their survival rate is very low.
But what was caught this time was a pink manta ray. There may be only two of them in the whole world, and it was the first one caught by humans. Its value is simply inestimable.
"Whether it is a pink manta ray or an ordinary manta ray, the fact that it is a manta ray is enough. There is no need for us to do anything illegal for a manta ray. Let's let it go." Xiang Yang said softly.
Fang Youqun was anxious when he heard this. "We can't release it, Brother Yang. I remember that there are many aquariums that can raise manta rays. Even if this manta is a protected animal, we can still sell it to the aquarium."
Xiang Yang shook his head and rejected Fang Youqun's proposal.
Although what Fang Youqun said was true, there are indeed many aquariums that keep a large number of endangered animals or even protected animals. Xiang Yang also doesn't know where those protected animals came from.
But Xiang Yang felt that since the manta ray was a protected animal, it should not be bought and sold, no matter who the buyer was.
"Throw it overboard," Xiang Yang ordered.
"Yes, Captain."
As soon as Xiang Yang finished speaking, several crew members immediately ran to the manta ray and worked together to lift up the huge manta ray.
"One, two, three, loose!"
Several crew members who were carrying the manta ray shouted together, and then suddenly threw the pink manta ray back into the ocean.
"Bang!"
With a loud noise of a heavy object hitting the water, the pink manta ray returned to the ocean.
Xiang Yang watched the pink manta ray circling the fishing boat in the sea for several circles, and then it opened and closed its mouth, looking reluctant to leave. He couldn't help but twitching his lips.
It seems that this manta ray treats the fishing boat as its restaurant.
After catching all the fish, the fishing boat quickly returned.
A few days later, the fishing boat returned to Qinglong Bay.
Zhang Qicheng, who had already received the news, was waiting at the dock with a tall and thin man.
"Didn't they say we had already reached Qinglongwan? Why haven't they come back yet?" Zhang Qicheng leaned on a purple Maserati, his arms folded, his eyes gazing at the coastline in the distance.
"Mr. Zhang, the range of Qinglong Bend is actually very large, but judging from the time, Boss Xiang should be reaching the shore soon." The tall and thin man said with a little respect.
Zhang Qicheng glanced at the thin man, pursed his lips and said nothing.
This tall and thin man is a buyer in Li Chao's hotel.
Nowadays, fishery resources are becoming increasingly scarce, while people's living standards are getting higher and higher. More and more people can afford and want to eat seafood.
The market demand for wild seafood is growing, the procurement channels are becoming increasingly tight, and the competitive pressure is also increasing.
If it were another hotel buyer, Zhang Qicheng would not be able to take back even a single squid if he was present in person.
He is just a buyer. How much say can he have? Even if he has a five-star hotel behind him, what can he use to compete with a person who is his own boss
This can be seen from the fact that when Xiang Yang just changed his ocean-going fishing boat, a large number of seafood buyers from outside came to Qinglongwan. Now, none of those buyers are willing to come to the dock.
"Where is your CEO Li? Isn't he in Yanlong Village?" Zhang Qicheng asked. In fact, even if the buyer was Li Chao's man, Zhang Qicheng was not prepared to give him face.
Although Zhang Qicheng and Li Chao have a good relationship and they are also closely connected in terms of interests.
But when doing business, if you don’t make money from your relatives, friends, and acquaintances, then what’s the point of doing business
If Li Chao himself was present, Zhang Qicheng would give up those high-end seafood and only bring back those more economical seafood, knowing that he could not compete with Li Chao.
But he is just a buyer!
Zhang Qicheng thought it would be better to get the goods from Xiang Yang himself and then let Li Chao's buyer get the goods from him.
When the tall and thin man heard Zhang Qicheng's words, he guessed what Zhang Qicheng was thinking. He immediately smiled bitterly, but after thinking about it, he said truthfully: "Boss Zhang, Boss Xiang's trip to the sea lasted less than ten days. He should have just wandered around the near sea and definitely did not go to the open sea."
The buyer didn't say anything else, but his meaning was very clear. What kind of fish can be found near the coast
With just this little catch in the near sea, it wouldn't be worth it for Li Chao to make a special trip here, even if he was at Qinglong Bay.
Zhang Qicheng grinned.
Suddenly, a small black dot appeared where the sea and the sky met in the distance.
Zhang Qicheng was immediately shocked, "Here it comes."
The buyer muttered to himself, isn't it just a fishing boat that has been out to sea for less than ten days? Is it necessary to be so excited
In fact, there is still some difference in the demand for seafood between Li Chao and Zhang Qicheng.
Li Chao's hotel is also a large seafood consumption place, which consumes huge amounts of delicacies from land and sea every day.
But after all, hotels are still directly facing consumers, and the daily demand is limited.
But it is different for seafood wholesale malls. The customers of Zhang Qicheng’s seafood business are directly from retailers, then to shops, then to hotels, and even directly to the seafood market.
This can be seen from the different identities of Li Chao and Zhang Qicheng as purchasing agents.
Li Chao's buyers are just buyers, but Zhang Qicheng's buyers are at least listed as company managers.
It can be said that Zhang Qicheng delegated the sales and daily operations of the entire seafood wholesale city to the employees below, while he himself was only responsible for contacting and consolidating various purchasing channels.
Staring at the increasingly clear fishing boat at the junction of the sea and sky in the distance, Zhang Qicheng grinned, "Such a large fishing boat would cost at least hundreds of thousands to go out to sea. Without a catch of millions, would my brother Xiang come back?"
If we say that in the past when Xiang Yang was still using that small and medium-sized drift net fishing boat, Zhang Qicheng felt that Xiang Yang's supply channel was dispensable, and Xiang Yang was just a small fisherman with good luck who could occasionally give him a little surprise.
After Xiang Yang purchased this large ocean-going fishing vessel, expressed his intention to form a fleet, and actually went to Antarctica for transoceanic fishing, Zhang Qicheng really regarded Xiang Yang as a partner who was concerned with his own vital interests. (To be continued)