Next, Xiang Yang led the crew to dive to the bottom of the sea several times.
In general, after deducting Chen Ben, Xiang Yang did not make much from this diving operation, but it was still profitable after all.
This made Xiang Yang, who had just formed a fleet, particularly happy.
For Xiang Yang, this can actually be considered a good start.
In fact, before this, Xiang Yang had always been worried that after the fleet was formed, the fishing income would decrease or even lose money due to technical or other reasons.
But this voyage proved that Xiang Yang's decision to form a fleet was correct and that fishing by the fleet was profitable.
After coming up from the bottom of the sea, the fleet continued to sail south.
Soon, the fleet arrived near Haikou.
Haikou is a city with a very developed fishing industry. The fishery resources here are extremely rich, and countless super-large-scale ocean fishing fleets gather in the port.
"Boss, do you want to dock when we get close to the port?" Chen Qingsheng talked to Xiang Yang through the intercom.
Xiang Yang stood at the front of the deck and looked at the huge port in the distance. After a moment's thought, he nodded and said, "Okay, let's go over and take a look. We'll rest on shore for a night and then return."
At the same time, Xiang Yang also issued this order to the entire fleet.
After receiving Xiang Yang's order, the fleet immediately readjusted its course and headed towards the port.
An ocean-going fleet consisting of three unfamiliar thousand-ton ships was heading for the port. Before they got close to the shore, the news was immediately received by someone with ulterior motives, and then a large number of seafood buyers began to gather at the dock.
A crew member standing behind Xiang Yang looked far toward the port. Seeing the crowd, he smacked his lips and said, "Are these people here to welcome us? Aren't they too enthusiastic?"
Fang Youqun glanced at him with disdain, "Who do you think you are? Are you worthy of so many people coming to greet you?"
Then this guy looked at Xiang Yang with a smug look on his face, "It's obvious that he's here to welcome me! Brother Yang, don't you agree?"
Xiang Yang rolled his eyes when he heard this and thought, why don’t you look in the mirror
"These people should be seafood buyers. They are here for the seafood on our ship." Xiang Yang said.
"Captain, this is Hainan. Is there a shortage of seafood here?" a crew member said in surprise.
Xiang Yang shook his head. "Hainan has a lot of seafood, but its seafood market also has a large sales volume. Everyone knows that this is a seafood paradise. Many tourists from other places come here specifically to eat seafood. Because of the difference in demand, Hainan's seafood is even more scarce than other places."
In an environment where marine fishery resources are generally depleted, almost all seafood caught by distant-water fleets has no problem finding a market. Usually, as soon as they dock, they will be snatched away by crazy seafood buyers.
The only problem that restricts the development of fishermen is that fishing is becoming increasingly difficult.
Soon, the fishing boat docked and immediately a large group of people rushed to the boat.
Xiang Yang ordered: "Fang Youqun, take a few people and stop them. Don't let them get on the boat."
"Brother Yang, aren't they here to collect seafood? Why aren't we selling them?" Fang Youqun asked puzzledly.
Xiang Yang shook his head. "Here, most of the seafood can be artificially cultivated, so most of the seafood cannot be sold at a high price. What they really want to buy are not the ordinary catches on my ship, but the rare catches on my ship. If I sell all the rare catches on my ship to them, what will happen to my old customers?"
Old customers like Zhang Qicheng and Li Chao would simply pack up all the catches on Xiang Yang's boat and take them away without leaving a single one.
The price of these precious catches sold to these seafood buyers might be slightly higher than the price offered by Zhang Qicheng.
But these buyers will not buy common seafood.
It's impossible for Xiang Yang to sell all the good catches to outsiders, and then sell all the high-end catches that are in short supply in the market to outsiders, right
So what do Zhang Qicheng and Li Chao think
After Fang Youqun understood, he nodded and said, "Brother Yang, don't worry, I guarantee that they won't be able to take any fish from our fleet."
After saying that, Fang Youqun immediately called a few of the strongest crew members on the boat to guard the side of the boat to prevent the seafood buyers from coming up.
Next to them, Chen Qingsheng and Wu Shiwen did the same thing.
When the seafood buyers saw this, they immediately stopped doing it.
A tall and thin seafood buyer yelled, "Captain, you are not allowed to be like this. We came all the way here, but you won't even let us get on the boat."
Someone nearby immediately supported him, "Yes, at least let us go to the boat and take a look. We can make money together."
"No, our boss said that we won't sell any fish on our boat." Fang Youqun said firmly in the face of the aggressive seafood buyers.
Xiang Yang covered his forehead with his hands. Although Fang Youqun meant this, he couldn't say it that way.
Xiang Yang quickly pushed Fang Youqun aside, then clasped his fists towards the people under the fishing boat and said, "Bosses, I'm really sorry. This is our own fishing boat. The seafood we catch on the boat is self-produced and sold by ourselves. I'm also working for others, so I don't have the right to sell the seafood on the boat."
After Xiang Yang said this, the seafood buyers under the boat finally quieted down.
Nowadays, there are many large hotels that specialize in seafood. They have their own fishing fleets, and the scale of the fleets is very large, but they will not sell any of the seafood they catch.
"Just disperse, all of you, it's all in vain. This is a fleet specially provided for the hotel." The seafood buyers at the dock shouted reluctantly.
Soon, most of the seafood buyers at the dock dispersed.
But there were still a small number of seafood buyers who stood there coldly and did not leave.
Among these people, some have indeed not met their performance targets and are prepared to persist.
But there are some people who have a regretful expression on their faces, but their hearts are as clear as a mirror.
Wei Zhongtian is one of them.
He complained to his colleagues with a look of regret on his face that it was becoming increasingly difficult to collect seafood recently and he was even planning to change his career to do something else. At the same time, he stared at Xiang Yang out of the corner of his eye.
Seeing Xiang Yang getting off the boat, Wei Zhongtian hurried over. He grabbed Xiang Yang's arm, which scared Xiang Yang and several people around him.
"What are you doing? Let our captain go." Chen Qingsheng saw this scene as soon as he got off the boat, and he immediately shouted loudly.
After scolding, Chen Qingsheng took off his coat, revealing his muscles that looked like iron lumps, and then strode towards this side. (To be continued)