149: Fish sales at the pier attract crowds

After sorting the catch, Chen Xiangbei packed up all his fishing gear, returned to the cockpit, started the boat, and headed towards Fishermen's Wharf.

It was now a little past 4 PM, and it would take about an hour to get back, just in time for people to come out and buy groceries.

At 5:30 PM, the massive fishing boat docked at a berth at Fishermen's Wharf.

People on the Fishermen's Wharf looked curiously at this unusual large boat; other fishermen went out fishing in ordinary small fishing boats, while his fishing boat stood out like a crane among chickens, entering everyone's view.

Chen Xiangbei brought several fish boxes and sorted the fish and shrimp from the live fish hold into them.

After a busy period, the sorting was finally done: one box of lobsters, one box of crabs, one box of Groupers, one box of sea bream, one box of miscellaneous fish, and one box each for the two giant Giant Groupers. As for the barracuda, it was thrown directly onto the ground at the Fishermen's Wharf; it didn't deserve a box!

He moved these large boxes to the Fishermen's Wharf at the berth, arranged them one by one, then took out a loudspeaker, recorded a sales pitch, turned up the volume, and played it repeatedly.

"Come and take a look, fresh live fish and vigorous lobsters just caught! The price is affordable, buying is earning, those who need them hurry up and buy!"

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The people who came to Fishermen's Wharf to buy fish were already quite curious about this fishing boat, and when they saw Chen Xiangbei continuously moving box after box off the boat, they became even more curious.

After his loudspeaker bombardment, everyone gathered around him.

Chen Xiangbei stood behind the fish boxes and said with a smile, "These are sea fish just caught today, with various species. If you like any, you can take one back. The price is definitely lower than the market price."

Someone asked, "Mr., what kind of fish do you have here?"

"I have high-quality seafood here, including Little Green Dragon, Swimming Crab, Giant Grouper, sea bream, etc. What do you need? I'll get it for you."

"You have Little Green Dragon too! The fishing season hasn't opened yet, so the lobsters available are farmed ones. Wild ones are not common. You didn't catch these illegally, did you?"

Chen Xiangbei knew that if he didn't dispel their doubts, people wouldn't dare to buy easily. After all, everyone was cautious about violating regulations, so he explained patiently.

"Look, my boat doesn't even have a net. My trawling and other equipment haven't been installed. How could I have caught them? I caught these one by one, fishing from morning until now. I'm exhausted."

When he said that, everyone turned their heads to look at the stern of the fishing boat. It was indeed empty, without fishing nets or other equipment.

At this point, Chen Xiangbei picked up another fish and pointed to the spot where the hook had injured it.

"Look, the wound made by the fish hook is still here. They were all just caught. Absolutely genuine, legal, and compliant."

Chen Xiangbei's seizing the opportunity had already convinced many people of the truthfulness of his words.

So, the old hands who often dealt with fish began to make their move.

"Mr., how much is this sea bream?"

"Sea bream, regardless of species or size, is a uniform price of 120 per jin. Pure wild sea bream, at least 20 yuan cheaper than the market price."

Everyone was surprised by this price, marveling at how cheap it was. Currently, wild sea bream in the market is selling for around 150-180 per jin, and it's still in short supply.

Unexpectedly, this young man was selling it so cheaply, and there were quite a few sea bream in the fish box, and they were also very large.

So, the Brother who asked for the price said, "Get me two of average size."

"Okay, please wait a moment."

Chen Xiangbei took a bag from the side, scooped out two sea bream of the same size from the fish box, put them in, and weighed them on the scale.

"A total of 15.6 jin, counted as 15 jin, total is 1800 yuan. Scan the code here."

After scanning the code and paying, that Brother took the fish and turned to leave. The onlookers also couldn't hold back and began asking for prices, wanting to buy a fresh wild fish as well.

Among them, a young couple asked, "Boss, how much are these lobsters?"

"Little Green Dragon is 200 per jin, each one is over half a jin. How many do you want?"

The couple discussed briefly and said, "Give us 5."

Chen Xiangbei took a Little Green Dragon out of the lobster box. He saw it was lively and jumping, trying to escape his large hand.

The young couple were also very happy to see such a vigorous lobster, thinking: Wild lobsters are indeed different. Those lobsters in the market are all listless and have no vitality.

Chen Xiangbei put the five Little Green Dragons into a bag and weighed them.

"3.05 jin, counted as 3 jin for you, total 600 yuan. Please scan the code."

Just like that, Chen Xiangbei sold while shouting, and more and more people gathered.

Someone spread the word that high-quality wild seafood was being sold here, and people continuously poured onto the Fishermen's Wharf.

Half an hour later, two fish boxes at the stall were already empty. The lobsters and Swimming Crabs were sold out, half a box of sea bream was sold, the miscellaneous fish were almost sold out, and even the barracuda that was frozen solid was bought.

Chen Xiangbei was still busy. There were simply too many fish, and too many people.

Just then, several young men squeezed out from the crowd and pointed at Chen Xiangbei aggressively.

"Kid, who told you to sell fish here?"

Chen Xiangbei could tell at a glance that these people were here to cause trouble. He didn't expect to encounter the kind of fish bully only seen on TV today.

He said coldly, "I don't need to report to you where I sell fish, do I? Where did you guys crawl out from, being so nosy?"

The leading young man had a fierce look in his eyes and said harshly, "Don't say I didn't warn you, this area is managed by our Yunmengze Company. You selling fish here is not allowed."

"Now you have two choices. First, hand over your fish to our company for safekeeping. Second, pay a 100,000 yuan fine for illegal business operations and then leave with your fish."

Chen Xiangbei was also angered into laughter after hearing this. After digging his ears, he slowly spoke.

"Am I dreaming? Robbery in broad daylight, in public? Did I travel back to the Republic of China era? You must be called Yamamoto or something, always thinking about stealing things."

"Please don't be ridiculous here. If I violated any regulations, you can report it to the police, or you can show me the officially approved rules and regulations and explain them clearly. Otherwise, go back where you came from, don't be an eyesore here."

The leading young man saw that he was unyielding and didn't seem afraid of them. Coupled with the fact that he drove a luxurious fishing boat, which immediately indicated he was not ordinary, he was momentarily unsure what to do.

After hesitating for a moment, he finally spoke, "I'll give you one more chance. If you do as I say, you can leave safely. Otherwise, it won't be easy once I call people over. If something unexpected happens then, you can't blame anyone else."