311: Saliva Baptism

Zhang Jun was laughing heartily, basking in everyone's admiration.

"Brother Jun, you caught this! It's huge, heavier than me!"

"Hahaha, it's only over three hundred catties, about as heavy as two of you."

Zhang Jun stood with hands on his hips, speaking loudly. He was as arrogant as could be.

"This is nothing!"

"I remember when Yang Qi and I caught over ten Bluefin Tuna, each over five hundred catties. There were thirty or forty people on the whole boat, and their combined catch wasn't as much as the two of us. That was truly satisfying! Hahaha!"

"There were quite a few professional Anglers among them, not like you rookies. But even they weren't worth mentioning in front of me and Yang Qi."

"Let me tell you, back then..."

Those who knew him well quickly turned away to do their own things upon hearing this.

Those who hadn't fished with him, or friends of friends, still surrounded him, listening to his account of catching a five-hundred-catty fish.

They were all baptized by his spittle. At this moment, he was the coolest guy on the pier.

On this trip to Diaoyu Islands, the heaviest single fish was indeed his Giant Grouper, weighing over three hundred catties.

Being the individual champion certainly gave him the right to brag; it was beyond reproach.

Liu Yao and the others watched Zhang Jun talking eloquently in the crowd with spittle flying, feeling very envious and wishing they could take his place.

Unfortunately, their luck wasn't as good, and they couldn't compare!

When it was the "setting sail's" turn to unload, Tuna after Tuna was hoisted ashore and laid out on plastic sheets. It shocked everyone; although they weren't particularly large, the sheer quantity was overwhelming, and they were all Tuna.

Aside from these Tuna, the rest of the fish combined were no less than the total catch of everyone on the "vast sea."

In fact, the quality was much better.

Finally, baskets of Crab and Lobster were brought up, seafood that wasn't found on the "vast sea."

"Yang Qi, where's that fifteen or sixteen-catty wild Large Yellow Croaker? Is it in those two boxes? Are both boxes filled with Large Yellow Croaker? No way, right?"

Liu Yao asked.

"Yang Qi caught over twenty Large Yellow Croaker, while you didn't catch a single one. What right do you have to doubt someone else's strength?"

Zhang Jun immediately retorted.

"I... I... I'll definitely catch one next time."

Liu Yao instantly lost his temper.

The Anglers on the "vast sea" sold some fish to Chen Tianming, then took their own share to meet up with friends, saying goodbye to Zhang Jun and Yang Qi before leaving the pier.

His mother, Zheng Jin, Chen Lanying, and the others also left with some seafood.

"Yang Qi, did you hand that thing over?"

Zhang Jun and Yang Qi stood together, puffing away on cigarettes.

"Yeah, I gave it to Brother Long and the others. By the way, Brother Long is bringing some friends over to my house for dinner tomorrow night. You should come too!"

Yang Qi said.

"Tomorrow night? Okay, I'll be there."

"Speaking of which, should I tie that Giant Grouper to me and parade it through the streets? Then come back and sell it to you?"

At this point, Zhang Jun saw Chen Tianming approaching.

"Cousin, you'd better not! I'm afraid you'll lose your way home, and the fish will rot from all the wandering!"

"Hahaha!"

Yang Qi and the others laughed unkindly.

"Sigh! I was too hasty. If I'd known, I wouldn't have weighed it first. Now that it's weighed, I don't have the upper hand anymore."

Zhang Jun said with a face full of regret.

After cracking a few jokes, they each went home.

Yang Qi took the bills from Bai Xue and Yao Shanshan, settled the accounts with Yu Dafu and Chen Tianming respectively, then took the remaining seafood and steered the boat toward the Sea View Villa.

Arriving at the small pier, the owners who had received the news were already waiting there with baskets and other fish-carrying tools.

So Yang Qi scooped the Sea Bass, Crab, Lobster, and other seafood out of the Live Well and onto the pier.

Looking at the lively seafood, the neighbors weighed them and transferred money. Surprisingly, he sold over 80 catties of Sea Bass alone.

Fortunately, when Chen Tianming was scooping them earlier, he only left an approximate amount, probably fearing that if he left too few, Yang Qi wouldn't have enough to distribute.

Yang Qi put the remaining dozens of catties of Sea Bass, along with some Crab and Lobster, into fish boxes and had Bai Xue and Yao Shanshan take them home first.

When that Bigeye Tuna of over one hundred and sixty catties was hoisted ashore, it dazzled the owners of the Sea View Villa, especially the children.

They all begged their parents to buy the big fish. When a few parents were tempted and wanted to inquire...

Yang Qi spoke up to stop them.

"Uncles, aunts, brothers, and sisters-in-law, I'm not selling this Tuna. I have friends coming over, and I'm using it to treat them."

"If you want some in the future, I can save one for you. We'll talk about it next time."

"Little Yang, it's a deal then! Save one for us next time."

"Old Man Liu, it's definitely hard for you to buy a whole Tuna. If not, I can sell it in sections, but the price might vary depending on the cut. You can go check the prices first. Otherwise, you might think I'm cheating you later."

Yang Qi explained.

"Right, right, right. My son took me to eat it once—what was it, Otoro, Sashimi? The price was incredibly expensive."

One of the old men said.

Yang Qi thought to himself: You ate it at a Japanese restaurant, of course it was expensive!

"Go find out about it first, and we'll talk when I catch another one next time."

After everyone left, Yang Qi saw the two women return with the trolley. The three of them worked together to pull the box of iced fish and the Bigeye Tuna home.

Once home, they kept the live seafood alive and froze the rest. Bai Xue and Yao Shanshan returned to the "setting sail" once more to clean up.

Yang Qi went upstairs to shower first. After washing up, he saw two bank deposit notifications on his phone.

Chen Tianming and Yu Dafu's families had transferred a total of over 3.4 million yuan.

The Large Yellow Croaker weighing fifteen catties and six taels alone sold for 520,000 yuan.

Chen Tianming had sold it on his behalf to a boss from Guangdong, and Chen Tianming took a 10% commission. Yang Qi actually received over 470,000 yuan.

This was close to what Yang Qi had expected and was completely acceptable.

When Bai Xue and the other returned, including the sixty thousand plus yuan from the sales at the Sea View Villa...

This trip to sea earned a total of 3.52 million yuan.

Yao Shanshan also received 220,000 yuan transferred from Bai Xue. She was so happy her smile reached her ears.

"Thank you, Brother Qi! Thank you, Little Snow! May both bosses get rich!"

She even made a mock curtsy to the two of them.

"Let's go! Stop acting up. Let's shower first, then we need to go to my mom's place to make dumplings."

Dinner was Spanish Mackerel dumplings, which are dumplings filled with Spanish Mackerel meat. It had been agreed upon at the Training Center Pier in the afternoon; Mother Yang and the others had taken some Spotted Spanish Mackerel back with them.

Because they had things to do, Bai Xue and Yao Shanshan didn't play in the pool for too long.

About two hours later, Yang Qi, who was almost falling asleep while waiting in the living room, finally saw Bai Xue and Yao Shanshan come out of the elevator.