361: Murajiro

Wang Yan finally achieved her long-cherished wish of fishing until her hands cramped. She alone caught three or four boxes, totaling about a hundred pounds of Beltfish.

By the time the four of them had moved all the caught Beltfish into the Freezer Hold and taken turns showering, the sky was already beginning to brighten.

And so, "setting sail" shot forward like an arrow released from a bow, piercing through the heavy mist as it sped toward the rising sun that was about to burst forth!

Gradually, its hull shimmered with a golden light, as if shrouded in a mysterious power.

The sea breeze whistled past, brushing against their faces and bringing a hint of chill, but it could not mask the longing and anticipation for home in their hearts.

When they arrived at the training center dock, they saw Mother Yang and Chen Lanying there to meet the boat. Chen Tianming, Yu Dafu, and Zhang Jun had also been waiting for a long time.

"Little brother! Is it a full haul this time as well?" Yu Dafu and the others hurried forward to greet him.

"Absolutely!" Yang Qi smiled and invited them aboard to see the catch. At this moment, he noticed a middle-aged man he didn't recognize following behind Chen Tianming. He clearly wasn't one of his employees, so he couldn't help but take a few extra looks.

The man smiled at him repeatedly, nodding and bowing continuously.

"This is... damn it, he doesn't look like a good guy!" Yang Qi frowned and thought to himself.

"Yang Qi, let me introduce you. This is Mr. Murakami Jiro, the owner of the The City japanese restaurant 'Murakami House'."

"He happened to be at my trading firm looking at seafood today. When he heard your call and knew there was Tuna, he insisted on coming to take a look."

"Mr. Murakami, this is the fishing master, Mr. Yang Qi." Chen Tianming introduced the two to each other. Ever since the last auction, "Tianming Trading Firm" had risen to fame, and business was much better than before. Everyone knew he had top-quality seafood here.

"It really is a japanese person!" Yang Qi thought to himself.

Murakami Jiro stepped forward, his face full of smiles as he came before Yang Qi. He stood with his legs together, bowed ninety degrees with a very humble attitude, and said in somewhat broken Mandarin: "Mr. Yang Qi, hello! Your reputation is thunderous! I've long admired you!"

Yang Qi inwardly retorted: "We're meeting for the first time, what the hell 'long admired', the japanese are just hypocritical!"

"Uh... so, Mr. Murakami, right? Hello!"

Seeing Yang Qi's lukewarm attitude toward him, Murakami Jiro understood that this fisherman named Yang Qi was likely repulsed by his identity. It wasn't the first time he had encountered such a thing, and he knew well what the best solution was.

"Mr. Yang Qi, I express my regret and condemnation for the crimes committed by certain militarists of my country in your country during the last century. My Murakami family, including myself, have always been honest businessmen and never get involved in politics." After speaking, he lowered his body a bit more.

"Mr. Murakami, right? I also hope that what you said is your true inner thought. Businessmen should just do business steadily and not get into all that nonsense. Today's China is not the China of the last century." Yang Qi didn't care whether the guy's words were true or false; as a small-town citizen, he couldn't manage that much!

However, just as Zhang Jun said last time, with a japanese person present, the price of the Tuna should sell a bit higher.

"Oh! Yang Qi has so much Tuna this time again! Amazing, amazing!" At the entrance of the Freezer Hold, the group was amazed to see those hundreds-of-pounds Tuna.

Then they went to look at the densely packed Live Well, and everyone was speechless.

As the catch from the Freezer Hold was gradually hoisted ashore, especially the two five-hundred-pound Bluefin Tuna and several two-hundred-pound Bigeye Tuna, Murakami Jiro's trembling hands stroked the bodies of the Tuna, muttering incessantly: "Sugoi, sugoi!"

"Hey! Mr. Murakami, move to the side. Don't get hit when they come down, or it'll cause an international dispute!" Chen Tianming pulled on Murakami Jiro.

"Mr. Chen, please, you must put in a good word for me with Mr. Yang Qi. No matter what, give me a chance to buy the Bluefin Tuna! I beg you!" After Murakami finished speaking, he bowed to Chen Tianming again.

Chen Tianming inwardly retorted: "Just offer a high price to buy it! Why the hell are you telling me!"

Considering that this Murakami Jiro had ordered a lot of seafood from his trading firm today, he helped him talk to Yang Qi. In fact, once these Tuna reached his hands, they would eventually be resold to these japanese restaurants. After all, the trading firm's business was just buying and reselling.

Just at this moment, the few young sisters Bai Xue had contacted in advance arrived. Those were Luo Jiao and those other young ladies from official families.

"Sister Snow, we're here, quickly show us the ornamental fish."

"Oh, what a pity! I don't have a vacation this time. Next time I have a chance, I must go to the South China Sea with you. I want to catch these fish myself."

"Yeah! Yeah! Sister Snow, next time I have a chance, I want to go too!"

Soon, Yang Qi helped lift up the two live fish boxes containing the ornamental fish. The group of girls gathered around and started commenting on them.

"Are you really giving them all to us?"

"Oh, Sister Snow, you are so kind!"

Bai Xue waved her hand and said: "They're all yours, you can divide them yourselves. I'm going to record the weight. No one is allowed to leave later, go to my house for a meal before leaving."

"Okay, you go get busy first!"

Yu Dafu, who had been watching the fish, was thrilled. Having just seen the lively, high-quality goods in the Live Well, he was already extremely excited.

Tuna was not a strong point for his restaurant and was basically optional.

Instead, it was those East Star Grouper, Mouse Grouper, Pufferfish, Red Grouper, Sesame Grouper, White-spotted Grouper, Blue-spotted Grouper, Wrasse, and other fish. Also, those large Abalone over half a catty, Large Lobster, and so on, were the best sellers at his "Gathering of All Rivers and Seas Seafood Restaurant".

As for Murakami Jiro, what he needed most was the Tuna, especially those two Bluefin Tuna.

He thought to himself that he had to secure them no matter what. After all, top-tier ingredients like Bluefin Tuna were usually air-freighted from Japan, and there was only a certain quota.

Also, things like Pufferfish, red seabream, Redtail Bird, Large Lobster, etc., were also top-tier ingredients urgently needed by his japanese restaurant.

However, he knew when to stop and knew he couldn't be too greedy. Except for the Tuna, he was prepared to get other top-quality seafood through Chen Tianming.

The price finally agreed upon with Yang Qi was 1,200 yuan per jin for the two Bluefin Tuna because their fat content was good enough. As for the other five Tuna weighing between 80 and 220 jin, they were sold at 180 to 380 yuan per jin.

Don't think that because the last auction reached over two thousand yuan per jin, this time it was sold cheaply.