After Xiang Yang got off the boat, he did not go home immediately, but walked towards the Binhai Concept Hotel.
On the dining floor of Binhai Concept Hotel, Li Chao personally took a bottle of wine from the waiter, then poured two pots of white wine respectively, and sent one pot to Xiang Yang, then said with a smile: "Lao Zhang hasn't come back yet, it seems that you have gained a lot this time."
Xiang Yang smiled and nodded, "Yes, I caught a net of Ma You fish. If it weren't for this net of Ma You fish, I wouldn't be in such a hurry to come back."
"Ma You fish? What a good thing! I have to say hello to Lao Zhang later and ask him to keep this fish for me." Li Chao said with a smile.
Xiang Yang shook his head helplessly. This was the reason why Li Chao dared to let Zhang Qicheng come to pick up the goods while he himself did not come.
Li Chao has known Zhang Qicheng for a very long time, and has had many business dealings with Zhang Qicheng. If Li Chao says something, Zhang Qicheng will give him face.
As for the tiny price difference, Li Chao is not the kind of person who needs to make a living by earning the price difference. This tiny price difference is nothing but a drop in the bucket for Li Chao.
The reason why Xiang Yang was so willing to make close friends with Li Chao was because he saw this point in Li Chao: he was not greedy and would not do anything to the extreme for a little benefit. He would consider others and give benefits to his partners.
"Come to think of it, it's been almost a month since you came back from Antarctica," Li Chao said suddenly.
Xiang Yang nodded. "After I came back, I gave the crew a week-long vacation, and then it took more than a week to modify the fishing boat. Including this voyage, it has been almost exactly a month. Why are you suddenly asking this?"
Li Chao said with a smile: "All the green abalone you brought back last time have been sold out. Now many of my old customers are clamoring to eat that kind of abalone. If you have time, why not go to the Antarctic Circle again."
"Your ship is so big, but you only go out for ten days and come back. Isn't this a waste of resources? If you have the ability, you should compete with the world's major fishing countries for fishery resources, and don't always stay in your own territorial waters."
Xiang Yang almost fell down: "Brother Chao, if I go to Antarctica now, I might encounter polar night. Not only will I not be able to catch any fish, I might even be trapped in Antarctica."
Li Chao put down his wine glass and lit a cigarette for himself. "How about you just go around the edge of Antarctica next time and don't go deep into the Arctic Circle."
Green-lipped abalone has a very good reputation among customers, and Li Chao has tasted the sweetness, so he is eager to get another batch. He is even trying to find a way to ask someone to import it from abroad.
Unfortunately, it is not so easy to import this thing. There are many wealthy people in foreign countries, and premium seafood like green-lipped abalone is in great demand everywhere.
Although Li Chao contacted two fishing teams in New Zealand and Australia respectively, the other party said that green-lip abalone was also rare in their country and lived in extremely deep waters, making it very difficult to catch. They asked Li Chao not to hold out too much hope.
So naturally, Li Chao thought of Xiang Yang.
Xiang Yang went to Antarctica and brought back a whole tank of green-lipped abalone.
"It's impossible to go to Antarctica again this year. Let's wait until the winter is over. Then I will catch more." Xiang Yang said with a smile.
Li Chao nodded quickly. As long as Xiang Yang agreed to go, it would be fine. He was afraid that after Xiang Yang went to Antarctica once, he would be frightened by the harsh environment and would not dare to go there a second time.
What to do during this period of time
Li Chao said that they could take advantage of this period of time to hype up the product and perform a good hunger marketing show.
Moreover, during this period, it’s not that Li Chao couldn’t get even one green-lipped abalone, it’s just that the quantity he could get was very small.
"Oh, I almost forgot, take a look at this." Li Chao suddenly slapped his head and handed Xiang Yang a wooden box.
"What is this?" Xiang Yang asked puzzledly.
"Open it and take a look." Li Chao said with a smile.
Xiang Yang opened the wooden box with doubts. Inside was a neatly folded map. However, this map was very strange. More than 90% of it was blue.
"Is this a sea chart?" Xiang Yang asked doubtfully.
Li Chao nodded. "I bought this from one of my partners. He used to do deep-sea fishing, but later something unexpected happened. He no longer does fishing and has switched to marine farming."
"This nautical chart records some fishing grounds with particularly rich fishery resources," said Li Chao.
When Xiang Yang heard this, he immediately looked at it carefully.
After a while, Xiang Yang raised his head and said in surprise: "Brother Chao, this map shows that there are a lot of pearl oysters in this sea area? And there are golden pearls?"
Li Chao nodded. "The news is absolutely correct, but the water there is extremely deep, and there are undercurrents. It would be very dangerous to go there to collect pearls, so I don't recommend you go."
Xiang Yang nodded, then pointed to a place that had been erased and asked, "What happened to this sea area? It was clearly marked, and then it was erased again."
Li Chao shrugged and said, "It could be that this place was once a fishing ground, but the fishery resources gradually dried up. It could also be that there was a certain kind of fish that was abundant there and could be caught in the past, but now it has become a protected species. Of course, it could also be that there are rare fish that he doesn't want you and me to know about, and he's thinking that he'll go out to sea again one day. All of these speculations are possible."
Xiang Yang nodded, but secretly memorized several places on the map that were obviously altered. If he had the chance in the future, Xiang Yang planned to take a closer look at these places.
"This map is useless to me, so I'm giving it to you. You can refer to it when you go out to sea in the future." Li Chao said.
Xiang Yang nodded carefully, "Thank you, Brother Chao." Then he carefully folded the map again and put it back into the wooden box.
After finishing the business, Li Chao chatted with Xiang Yang about family matters. Xiang Yang stayed with Li Chao until he finished a bottle of white wine before getting up and leaving.
Before returning home, Xiang Yang met Fatty Zuo and Xiang Hui again on the road.
The two of them were originally in Huhai Town, but they had just received the news and immediately rushed back to Qinglongwan.
"Brother, why did you come back so soon this time?" Xiang Hui stopped the motorcycle, took off his helmet and jumped off the bike.
Xiang Yang looked at Xiang Hui, "You don't have to work today?"
Xiang Yang shook his head quickly, "I was just collecting seafood in town, and I rushed back when I heard you were back."
"Brother, I heard that you caught a batch of mackerel. Is that true?" Xiang Hui looked at Xiang Yang expectantly.
Xiang Yang suddenly burst into laughter, "Do you need Ma Youyu too?" (To be continued)