100: Wild boars also eat fine bran

Yang Qi and Bai Xue slowly approached in the setting sail, stopping about ten meters from the harvest.

The two did not board to help sort fish, looking at the mountain of fish piled on the deck of the harvest. Yang Qi and his companion were also very happy.

"Dad, how is it? Do you need help? This net has quite a lot!"

Yang Qi stood on the deck and greeted his dad.

Yang Limin grinned, stopped picking up fish, looked at his son, and said loudly, "Only three or four tons of fish, no need for your help, we can handle it. You two go do your own thing!"

"Oh, Dad has also learned to act all modest now!"

Bai Dahai also shouted loudly,

"Hahahaha! Yang Qi, this first net already has three to four tons. After we sort the fish, we'll cast a few more nets nearby, then we can go back to collect the gillnets and longlines."

"If we're lucky, we might even return with a full hold this afternoon. If that happens, we'll head out to sea again in the middle of the night."

"You two also go find a place to fish! Don't worry about us."

Yang Qi also nodded in agreement: "Alright! Then we'll be going. You two take it easy, no need to push yourselves so hard!"

He then turned to Chen Zhongwei,

"Uncle Chen, you're experienced, please bear more of the burden. I'll treat everyone to a big meal when we get back."

"Don't worry! I'll help keep an eye on things."

Chen Zhongwei smiled and greeted Yang Qi. He was secretly relieved, thinking how fortunate it was that he had agreed to a base salary plus commission.

He secretly calculated in his mind: "At this rate, a few nets will be worth a month's salary. This young man's ability to find fish is truly well-deserved!"

"Indeed, listen to your wife, and you'll eat well."

When Bai Dahai approached him, he offered two options to choose from:

One option was: a monthly salary of 12,000 yuan, and even during the fishing ban, if they went out to sea, it would count as salary.

The other was: a base salary of 5,000 yuan, plus a 1% commission on the catch.

Chen Zhongwei was more inclined to take the monthly salary at the time, as 12,000 yuan a month was a solid income.

Taking a commission, however, offered little security. Haven't you seen so many fishermen switch professions? Why is that? Isn't it because they can't catch fish?

Just as he was about to choose the monthly salary, his wife came in from outside and interjected, asking Bai Dahai,

"Brother-in-law, I heard that the boyfriend Bai Xue found managed to acquire a villa and two boats on the sea in half a year? And this time you're partnering with him? Is that true?"

"How could it be false! He's very capable!"

Bai Dahai was a little surprised,

"How do you know so much?"

"Hehehe! I just asked Lan Ying. We're all close relatives, and you and Zhongwei have been friends for many years."

"You coming to find Zhongwei shows that you trust his character and ability. You also want to help our family. Our whole family thanks you!"

"We definitely trust you too, so we'll choose the base salary plus commission! Don't worry, Zhongwei will work hard and honestly once he's on the boat, and he won't let you down, brother."

Bai Dahai stared dumbfounded at his cousin-in-law, thinking to himself,

"Oh my! After so many years, I never realized! This woman has some tricks up her sleeve! She speaks with such conviction."

Looking at his old friend, who was also his brother-in-law and an honest man, Bai Dahai couldn't help but suppress a laugh, secretly feeling a bit schadenfreude:

"No wonder he's so obedient to his wife, ten of him couldn't argue with his wife. Hehehe!"

"Actually, Bai Xue's boyfriend really has a knack for finding fish. I don't need to lie to you. Only when you can earn money can our hearts be united and our efforts combined."

Bai Dahai only spoke after hearing the couple make their decision.

After all, he couldn't make decisions for others, and he genuinely hoped his old friend would choose the base salary plus commission.

Just as he said, only when Chen Zhongwei earned money by working on the boat would he be more motivated and wholeheartedly serve the harvest.

With a commission, it was as if he were also a shareholder, earning money for himself, which would certainly provide different motivation than just a fixed salary.

On this point, his and Yang Qi's ideas were completely consistent.

Didn't you see Chen Zhongwei smiling from ear to ear when this net of fish came up? Several thousand yuan were definitely in his hands.

Yang Qi greeted the others and then drove the boat away.

It took the three of them over an hour just to pick up the fish, and box after box of catch was sent into the freezer by them.

This was also fortunate that the fish species were relatively uniform, with the vast majority being Sea Bass. There were only a few baskets of Black Sea Bream and White Pomfret.

Although Sea Bass are not an extremely high-priced fish species, their sheer quantity makes up for it! If the price isn't high enough, the quantity makes up for it!

The group decided to drag one more net, then return to collect the gillnets and longlines. As for the crab traps, it would be better to collect them overnight. Some people even collect their crab traps every three or four days.

After all, crabs, lobsters, eels, and other creatures on the seabed are mostly nocturnal.

Yang Qi temporarily didn't concern himself with the harvest's affairs; he hadn't caught a single fish or earned a single penny yet!

Besides, he couldn't operate two boats by himself. He believed that with him providing the fish school locations, the harvest would naturally have a substantial income!

Yang Qi drove the setting sail, constantly searching for fish schools and marking good spots on the map as he found them.

The setting sail was not equipped with a trawl net, so when it encountered a fish school, it couldn't simply net tons of fish like with a trawl net.

How much could he catch by fishing? So, unless it was a particularly valuable fish school, Yang Qi was too lazy to stop the boat and fish.

In short: too cheap, he wouldn't bother!

There are no wild boars that can't eat fine grains!

Wild boars accustomed to fine grains also don't want to eat coarse chaff!

Yang Qi suddenly saw a relatively large fish school ahead; it was a school of White Pomfret. And they were all White Pomfret.

White Pomfret has thick flesh with few bones, and its meat is sweet, tender, and firm, possessing high nutritional and medicinal value.

It's not comparable to Golden Pomfret, but Golden Pomfret generally grows very large, with those weighing over ten catties being common. White Pomfret, however, is much smaller.

However, the individual White Pomfret in this school today were all of good size, basically over one catty each. White Pomfret that are over one catty are actually considered large catches.

The size specification of individual White Pomfret determines its price, and the difference is quite significant. The local wholesale prices are:

For individual fish weighing 1 to 1.5 catties: 150 yuan/catty.

For individual fish weighing 0.5 to 1 catty: 60 yuan/catty.

For individual fish weighing below 0.2 catties: 9 yuan/catty.

"Damn, for individuals around one catty, fishing definitely won't be as efficient."

"I should have installed a small single trawl net, or at least brought a few gillnets."

"Oh, right, I think I also brought a 'divine tool'."

Yang Qi suddenly remembered that he had also brought a cast net.

So, he ran to get the cast net, shouting,

"Xiao Xue, get some antarctic shrimp brick to chum the water."