59: High-priced live yellow croaker

After a while, Bai Xue had finished weighing all the fish.

Chen Tianming's subordinates handed him the bill.

Yang Qi also took the bill from Bai Xue.

The two first checked the accounts, and they matched perfectly.

Next was to discuss the price.

"Yang Qi, for 5-6 jin of chilled Large Yellow Croaker, I can normally offer 12,000 yuan per jin; for 2-3 jin of chilled Large Yellow Croaker, I can offer 5,000 yuan per jin; and for 1-2 jin of chilled Large Yellow Croaker, I can offer 2,000 yuan per jin."

"But!…"

When Yang Qi heard him mention that these were chilled fish prices.

At the same time, those two words appeared in his mind again.

"But these are extremely rare live Large Yellow Croaker, so I'm willing to add 50% on top of the chilled price, Yang Qi, what do you think?"

Yang Qi was already very excited when he heard Chen Tianming's chilled price quote.

Now, hearing about a 50% increase, he was a bit stunned. He turned to look at Bai Xue, who was pretty much the same!

Who the hell would eat such expensive fish? And this was just Tianming Seafood Store's purchase price! Profit hadn't even been added yet!

"A Ming, if you offer such a high price, can you really sell them? Don't end up losing money!"

Yang Qi spoke very sincerely!

He thought to himself:

"Damn it, if you lose money this time, you'll definitely come to me for compensation later! I'll have to be more careful in the future!"

"Hahaha! Don't worry! I can definitely sell them, and I won't even have enough! The price won't be low, and the profit won't be small either!"

Chen Tianming laughed loudly!

"Now, some rich people just love these rare goods that they normally never see. Money is just a string of numbers to them."

"And some high-end restaurants are also searching everywhere for this kind of high-end product."

"Besides, it's still the fishing ban period. Seafood prices are naturally a bit higher than usual."

Yang Qi suddenly realized after hearing this:

"Damn it, poverty really limited my imagination!"

Originally, Yang Qi had planned to keep the smallest one to taste, but now that fire in his heart had long since been extinguished.

He felt that he was simply not worthy of eating a fish worth around 4,000 yuan.

And it was just a small fish of about two jin, not even enough for him to eat alone!

Seeing Yang Qi agree, Chen Tianming began to calculate:

4 fish weighing 5-6 jin each totaled:

309,600 yuan.

2 fish weighing 2-3 jin each totaled:

23,000 yuan.

One fish weighing 1-2 jin:

3,600 yuan.

The Large Yellow Croaker totaled: 336,200 yuan.

A 50% increase for live fish meant: 504,300 yuan.

"Damn it, eight fish for over five hundred thousand yuan!"

Yang Qi looked at Bai Xue, and their eyes met, both seeing surprise and a hint of disbelief in each other's gaze.

All the other fish totaled 5,870 yuan.

Their total income today was:

504,300 + 5,870 = 510,170 yuan.

The two happily left Tianming Seafood Store.

Meanwhile, "Hello, Mr. He! It's Chen Tianming! I just received a few pure wild Large Yellow Croaker, each weighing 5-6 jin."

"And they are extremely rare live wild Large Yellow Croaker! Oh! You want me to save two for you? You're sending someone to pick them up right away, right? Okay! I'll definitely save them for you."

He hung up the phone and continued dialing.

"Hello, Mr. Lin? It's Chen Tianming! I just received a few pure wild Large Yellow Croaker, weighing 5-6 jin and also 2-3 jin."

"Yes! Even rarer, they are all live wild Large Yellow Croaker. You need them to entertain a leader, right? Two 5-6 jin ones for you, right? Okay, okay, I'll definitely send them to you."

Hehehe, all the 5-6 jin ones were taken care of. Chen Tianming continued to scroll through his contacts.

"Hello, Mr. Zheng, it's Chen Tianming. I just received a few 2-3 jin wild Large Yellow Croaker. Yes, yes, they're live Large Yellow Croaker."

"Great! Great! Your wife's birthday today, so you want one, right? Happy birthday to your wife! Okay, I'll definitely save it for you."

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The eight small wild Large Yellow Croaker were all sold by Chen Tianming with just a few phone calls.

If Yang Qi were here, he wondered what he would think?

"Oh dear! My perspective was too small! It turns out there are so many people in this world who don't care about money!"

"They are just too damn rich. I originally wanted to keep the smallest one for us to taste. But as soon as I heard the purchase price, my heart broke."

"I'm still too poor!"

"From now on, when we go out to sea, we'll only fish for valuable fish. Those fish bring in money quickly!"

Yang Qi kept muttering to himself all the way. Bai Xue just smiled and said nothing.

He was indeed a bit stimulated. Eight fish, a few dozen jin, for five hundred thousand.

Back home, Yang Qi wanted to transfer 170,000 to Bai Xue.

"No need for so much. Today, the cash left for the fund is too little. Just transfer me 150,000! This is already a lot. I didn't say anything when you bought me fishing rods before."

Yang Qi thought about it and didn't fuss, transferring 150,000 to Bai Xue.

For the next few days, Yang Qi and Bai Xue still went fishing every day, but for several days in a row, they didn't encounter any valuable fish species.

Nor did they encounter a windfall like the Large Yellow Croaker.

Finally, Yang Qi even lowered his standards, taking any fish that reached a certain size.

As a result, they caught a lot of fish every day, but their income didn't increase. It even declined a bit, stabilizing at four or five thousand.

Although Yang Qi knew that this was normal for inshore fishing.

If it were his old self, he would definitely be extremely satisfied with earning two or three thousand yuan a day.

But he was a cheat! How could he be satisfied with such a small income?

So he was still a bit anxious, and the idea of buying a boat grew wildly like weeds.

When they had free time, the two also discussed buying a boat several times and visited shipyards a few times.

Each time, it was always a choice between a fishing boat and a fishing yacht.

As for yachts, ever since he looked up their prices online last time, he didn't even have the courage to consider them. Those were not for him to play with.

For the two of them, fishing boats had redundant production capacity. Their advantage was that they were cheap, but the living space conditions were poor.

Fishing yachts could basically meet their basic operational needs, but they were expensive and required custom ordering and waiting.

In fact, Yang Qi was still inclined to buy a fishing yacht. The main features of current mainstream fishing yachts are: large living space and many fishing spots.

What he valued was a longer cruising range, a larger ice hold, and a live fish tank.

It was too difficult to find such a suitable boat type.

Customizing one, besides being expensive, also involved a long waiting period.

Bai Xue's idea was to buy a slightly larger fishing boat. When the fishing season opened, if they didn't have enough people, they could just hire some.

After all, as someone from the coast, she knew that it was currently the fishing ban period, and they could only fish with rods and longlines.

But what about after the fishing ban period?

Net fishing would definitely yield more, far more than what a few rods could achieve.