210: Stunning Pier

To be honest, Yang Qi had a slight aversion to selling these Bluefin Tuna to the Japanese.

However, hearing Zhang Jun say that he would arrange a few shills to scam people, he felt much better.

Actually, there was no other way, after all, such large Bluefin Tuna wouldn't be bought by ordinary restaurants or hotels.

Why? They aren't specialized!

Only some Japanese restaurants, whose main focus is high-end sashimi, can afford to sell them at a good price.

A small plate of Bluefin Tuna fatty belly sashimi, barely a few bites, could sell for thousands of yuan.

Yang Qi felt that these domestic consumers were simply brain-dead. It was their blind pursuit, believing that eating Bluefin Tuna made them superior.

Little did they know that most of the profit from Bluefin Tuna was taken by the Japanese, who then laughed at them as fools behind their backs.

Perhaps some might say that many Japanese restaurants are owned by Chinese people. Don't you know they are all franchises, operating under Japanese brands? And even the chefs are Japanese?

"Brother Jun, you just arrange it," Yang Qi said.

The fishing boat sailed for about another hour, and the coastline was faintly visible.

Zhang Jun took out his phone and called Chen Tianming, using the speakerphone. The three of them discussed the specific arrangements.

Most of the discussion was between Zhang Jun and Chen Tianming, with Yang Qi listening in.

About twenty minutes later, they hung up. Yang Qi then called his mother and Bai Xue, telling them he would arrive at Qingshan Town pier in about half an hour.

As the fishing boat slowly docked, it was high tide, so there was no need for other boats to moor.

Yang Qi's first glance caught Bai Xue's figure in the bustling crowd, followed by his mother and the others next to her.

He waved and greeted everyone.

After the fishing boat was steady, Yang Qi, Zhang Jun, and the others followed the queue of fishing enthusiasts to disembark.

Bai Xue and the others, of course, saw Yang Qi and his group disembarking and quickly went to meet them.

It must be said that Bai Lang was sharp-eyed. He saw Bai Xue and the other women take the fishing gear bags and luggage from Yang Qi's hands.

He walked directly to Zhang Jun, calling him Brother Jun, and reached for the fishing gear bag and tackle box in Zhang Jun's hands.

Zhang Jun didn't decline, handing his backpack to Chen Tianming, who had caught up. He then walked over to Mother Yang and the others and greeted them.

Everyone put their luggage in the car and returned to the vicinity of the fishing boat, waiting for it to unload its cargo.

First, of course, were the large catches from the freezer compartment. The crane on the pier extended its long arm.

When the thick, large Bluefin Tuna were slowly hoisted out of the fishing boat and laid side by side on the tarpaulin,

the entire Qingshan Town pier erupted.

Nine Bluefin Tuna, each around 500 catties, seventeen Yellowfin Tuna, and several Big Vermilion Snapper weighing around 100 catties. This also included Yang Qi's Manta Ray, weighing over 200 catties.

This scene was truly spectacular!

"Wow! Yang Qi Ge, you mean all these Bluefin Tuna were caught by you and Brother Jun? You two are amazing!"

Bai Xue said to Yang Qi with an adoring look.

Hearing about it and seeing it with your own eyes are two completely different feelings.

Even though Yang Qi had mentioned catching Bluefin Tuna with Zhang Jun when he called earlier, seeing the actual fish now still left her stunned.

Zhang Jun also enjoyed Bai Lang's adoration, grinning broadly.

Chen Tianming began meticulously filming videos as soon as the Tuna were hoisted ashore.

These videos and photos, along with some of Zhang Jun's videos and photos, would be played on a loop during the auction after being edited and processed.

Fishing enthusiasts all had their own sales channels, some of which were arranged by the captain.

Once all the fish were brought ashore and sorted by their bindings, each merchant or fishing enthusiast took their respective catches.

On Chen Tianming's side, Chang Jianqiang and the others' catches were also given to him.

As for the fish from Wang Jinxi and his two companions, Yang Qi had asked; their crewmen's catches were all given to the captain's contracted buyers, which was perfectly understandable.

The first to be taken away were definitely the Tuna and Red Seabream. The live fish tanks held Large Grouper and various other Groupers.

When deep-sea fishing, under normal circumstances, the live fish compartments never held cheap fish.

As for the large Manta Ray, Chen Tianming honestly offered a purchase price of 30 yuan per catty and suggested that Mother Yang and the others take it back to cut into pieces for retail, where it could sell for 50 to 60 yuan per catty.

Upon hearing this, Mother Yang and the others immediately expressed their intention to take it for retail. They usually sold the small fish and shrimp left over from the harvest, and they had never sold fish from the setting sail.

Because the setting sail was a fishing yacht, Yang Qi rarely caught cheap fish. All his catches were directly taken by Chen Tianming.

Now, with the opportunity to sell over 200 catties of fish, Mother Yang excitedly took over.

However, Chen Lanying and Chen Lanxin, the two sisters, seemed a little worried.

"Auntie, you don't have to worry. It's something you caught yourselves, so there's no cost. Just sell it for whatever you can get."

Yang Qi comforted them.

Finally, what remained were Yang Qi's six boxes of miscellaneous fish and two boxes of Tuna offal, along with Zhang Jun's three boxes of miscellaneous fish.

Yang Qi directed Bai Lang to drive the tricycle over, and they loaded everything onto it one by one.

"These few boxes are the miscellaneous fish caught by Brother Jun, and those few boxes are mine. They're all for you to sell, and whatever you sell them for is yours."

Yang Qi explained.

Mother Yang opened one of the boxes and saw that they were all Skipjack Tuna and Mahi-Mahi, each weighing seven or eight catties.

"Xiao Qi, why aren't you selling such big fish?"

Zheng Jin asked with a look of surprise.

"Ahem! These fish aren't worth much, A Ming might not even want them!"

Yang Qi explained to his mother.

"Ten yuan a catty, I might reluctantly take them."

Chen Tianming said with a laugh from the side.

"Ah! Why is it so cheap? Then how much should I sell them for per catty?"

Zheng Jin looked around, puzzled, and asked.

"Big Sister, if we sell these fish retail, we can still get 40 to 50 yuan per catty."

Chen Lanxin explained to Zheng Jin.

"Oh, that's good then."

Zheng Jin nodded, looking suspiciously at Chen Tianming.

"This guy is quite shady! How much money must he be making off my son?"

Yang Qi looked at the somewhat embarrassed Chen Tianming and explained:

"Mom, A Ming's merchant company is a relatively high-end one. They basically don't sell these kinds of fish. If someone sent them over, he wouldn't even accept them."

"So Brother Jun and I didn't plan to sell them to him from the beginning. If Brother Jun hadn't suggested catching some for you to retail, I wouldn't have even thought of catching them."

"Oh, so that's how it is! I misunderstood A Ming. A-Jun, you're thoughtful."

Zheng Jin understood and said.