43: Selling fish

It turned out that Zhang Jun's cousin was Chen Tianming, the owner of the seafood business where Yang Qi and Bai Xue sold Rockfish before they went out to sea.

"Hello, Boss Chen! We meet again. I didn't expect you to be Brother Jun's cousin! What a pleasure!" Yang Qi greeted Chen Tianming with a smile.

"Yang Qi, how do you two know each other?" Zhang Jun asked, a bit surprised.

"I sold the remaining small Rockfish to General Manager Yu last time."

"Oh, so that's how it is! It's fate!" Zhang Jun suddenly understood.

"Wait! Cousin, what did you mean by 'the remaining small ones' just now?" Chen Tianming couldn't help but interrupt their conversation.

"Um, that? That's not important!"

"What do you mean 'not important'? You knew Yang Qi had large Rockfish, why didn't you introduce him to me? How big were they, anyway?" Chen Tianming immediately became unhappy.

"Not very big, just a little over four or five taels. And they were alive!" Zhang Jun said, feeling a bit weak.

"What! A little over four or five taels and still alive! Rockfish! Cousin, you're too much!" Chen Tianming started to babble incoherently.

"At that time, Yang Qi didn't know you, so how could he sell them to you? He met Yu Dafu first, and General Manager Yu offered a good price.

Yu Dafu was already there when I arrived. Besides, what if you couldn't afford the price? That would be embarrassing for me."

Zhang Jun explained.

"From now on, as long as you can afford the price, Yang Qi's catch can be considered for your place first."

"Alright, alright! I understand, Yang Qi! From now on, if you have any catch, prioritize your buddy!" Chen Tianming said to Yang Qi.

"Okay, Boss Chen, don't worry!" Yang Qi replied.

"Don't call me boss anymore. We're brothers now, call me A Ming. You can completely trust the price of the catch from now on; I definitely won't let you lose out.

Otherwise, my brother would scold me!" Chen Tianming was also good at talking.

"Alright, alright! First, have your people take our catches to your place. Then sort and weigh them. Don't hold me back!" Zhang Jun started to urge.

"Your four zip ties are green, blue, white, and black, right? I'll immediately arrange for people to unload and load the goods." Chen Tianming also immediately organized his workers.

Yang Qi pointed at the 26 boxes of packed fish next to him and said to Bai Xue, "Bai Xue, this pile has a total of 26 boxes of iced fish, all caught by me."

"Brother Yang Qi, you're amazing! You can catch so many fish." Bai Xue looked at Yang Qi with adoring eyes and said.

Yang Qi proudly said, "This is nothing! I'll take you to the freezer to see the big Tuna."

Following Yang Qi to the freezer, Bai Xue completely lost her composure when she saw the several hundred-pound Yellowfin Tuna.

"Brother Yang Qi, this Tuna is too big!" Bai Xue's eyes were wide open, and she kept circling the Tuna, her face full of awe.

"The largest one here is about four hundred pounds."

Yang Qi smiled and patted her shoulder, "This isn't even the biggest yet; who knows, I might catch an even bigger one in the future."

Just then, Chen Tianming rushed in, and as soon as he saw the Tuna, his eyes lit up instantly.

"Wow, these Yellowfin Tuna are of excellent quality! Yang Qi, you really had a great harvest this time."

Yang Qi proudly lifted his chin, "Luck, just good luck."

Chen Tianming rubbed his hands, his face full of anticipation, and said, "Yang Qi, you must prioritize selling these Tuna to me. I'll give you a high price."

Yang Qi nodded, "Don't worry, A Ming, since we're brothers, I'll definitely prioritize you."

Chen Tianming grinned, "Alright then, I'll arrange for people to take all these catches back to the business and handle them properly."

With that, he called out to his workers to start getting busy.

"A Ming, do you know whose two-hundred-plus-pound Yellowfin Tuna this is?" Zhang Jun, who had followed them into the freezer, started to show off again!

"Um, blue zip tie? Did you catch it, Cousin? When did you get so amazing? How come I didn't know?" Chen Tianming was also a funny guy.

"You kid, can you talk? I'll give you a chance to rephrase, speak properly!"

Zhang Jun pointed at the large fish piled together with blue zip ties. With one hand behind his back, he said proudly.

"My cousin has always been amazing; catching a few hundred-pound Tuna is just a piece of cake for him!" Chen Tianming immediately flattered him.

Leaving four workers to start moving the large fish from the freezer, everyone else began to walk towards the live fish tank.

"Come, come! Little cousin, let me show you something good!" Zhang Jun opened the lid of the communal live fish tank.

"Oh my, this big Grouper is really not small, and it's rare to find such a lively, live fish." Chen Tianming was very happy, "The several dozen-pound Groupers next to it are also premium."

"These were all caught by Yang Qi!"

When Zhang Jun opened Yang Qi's No. 5 live fish tank, everyone saw that the fish were almost overflowing. And the quality of the fish looked very good.

"Yang Qi, you've truly overstocked this time, you're too incredible!"

Everyone had just seen Yang Qi's live fish tank and offered their congratulations.

Bai Xue looked at her boyfriend, feeling very happy to see him receive everyone's affirmation.

Yang Qi looked at all this, his heart full of anticipation, thinking that this catch would fetch a good price again, and his future days would definitely get better and better.

Next were the live fish of Zhang Jun, Chang Jianqiang, and Wang Hu, which were also about half a tank, big and small.

Compared to the three, their live fish catches were similar. As for iced fish, Zhang Jun definitely had more and larger ones.

"A bunch of little weaklings! Who gave you the courage to compare your catch with mine, Liang Jingru?" Zhang Jun started to gloat again.

"Little cousin, the few fish I caught with such effort, I should take them home to honor your aunt and uncle!"

"If you have the guts, compare your catch with Yang Qi's!"

"I wouldn't compare with him; Yang Qi's catch this time is almost half of the entire boat's haul!"

The others really couldn't stand it anymore and started another round of playful banter.

Finally, Chen Tianming contacted two more vehicles to transport all the fish back to the seafood business at once.

Next was the separate sorting and weighing. The prices Chen Tianming offered were indeed good: Yellowfin Tuna over 200 pounds with good meat quality were priced at 280 yuan per catty, 100-200 pounds at 220 yuan per catty, 50-100 pounds at 100 yuan per catty, and 20-50 pounds at 50 yuan per catty.

A 150-pound large Grouper was directly 35,000 yuan each.

Four Red Seabream were priced between 150-200 yuan per catty.

Big Vermilion Snapper prices were 50-100 yuan per catty.

There were 286 pounds of Beltfish at 40 yuan per catty.

Redtail Bird were 200-400 yuan per catty.

Cuttlefish were 35 yuan per catty.

Black Sea Bream were 60 yuan per catty.

Large Spanish Mackerel were 50 yuan per catty.

Two iced Tiger Grouper weighing around ten pounds each were 160 yuan per catty.

Two iced Golden Spot Groupers weighing seven or eight pounds each were 180 yuan per catty.

There were also about 10 iced Grouper around three or four pounds.

These were Yang Qi's iced fish catches.