And judging from what she said, the quantity was quite large. Shanghai is an international metropolis, and its port is well-connected in all directions.

Bluefin tuna from China are brought ashore here, and the best quality ones are airlifted to Japan for auction.

Tuna from the Japanese market is airlifted to Shanghai for cold storage and transshipment. Bluefin tuna has no trouble finding a market in Shanghai; it can be sold as soon as it's landed, making money instantly!

It's currently the end of the year, and all seafood is in short supply, with prices soaring.

Now they don't worry about not having money; their worry is that even if they have money, they can't buy fish.

With temperatures expected to drop again and moderate snow falling in Shanghai today, all fishing boats have stayed at sea, making their catch extremely tight.

To everyone's surprise, at this crucial moment, a female customer with whom she had only made one transaction suddenly claimed to have bluefin tuna.

This news is absolutely amazing!

As the crane hummed and groaned, Chen Hong spread a huge canvas on the open ground of the dock.

One by one, plump bluefin tuna were brought ashore, and within a little over an hour, they were arranged into three spectacular rows.

Fifteen tuna in each row, for a total of forty-five sleek bluefin tuna, lined up like cannonballs awaiting inspection by various merchants.

This scene attracted many people to the dock.

People gathered around, commenting and admiring the fish, their faces beaming with joy, as if they were the true owners of the fish.

Several seafood companies brought their own inspectors, who then probed each tuna with several tubes.

The quality of each cut of meat was inspected and recorded to inform the subsequent price negotiations.

Chen Hong watched calmly from the side, not saying a word to disturb them. After all, the fish were right there, and their quality couldn't be faked.

She's just waiting to finalize a good price so she can sell the fish and go home for the Chinese New Year.

Several seafood companies are both peers and competitors. Chen Hong took advantage of this to incite them to compete.

Finally, based on different qualities, the forty-five fish were sold directly to six different companies at four different prices: 500 yuan, 450 yuan, 400 yuan, and 380 yuan.

Clearly, forty-five bluefin tuna were not enough for six sizable seafood companies to share.

One company hesitated for a moment and only managed to grab three tuna, while the one that acted decisively got all twenty bluefin tuna for itself.

Although their family alone accounted for nearly half of the share, they were still somewhat dissatisfied.

Chen Hong made over six million yuan from this one deal, and she was overjoyed. Free money is truly delicious!

After settling accounts with several customers and verifying the bank transfer amounts, Chen Hong shared some good news with them.

One of their ships should return tomorrow morning, and if they need more, she'll help them buy another boatload of tuna at today's prices.

A customer surnamed Pei said, "If Boss Chen can make the decision, he can ship more goods into the port."

Bluefin tuna is at its best in winter, so as long as you can get your hands on some, you won't have trouble selling it.

As soon as your tuna arrives in port, give us a call, and we'll definitely buy it all for you, all at today's prices.

Chen Hong clapped her hands: "Boss Pei is so generous. Since your company has such a big appetite and can handle it, I will try to persuade the older brothers in the team."

Try to ship the goods in Shanghai as much as possible, so as to avoid going further south and wasting time and fuel.

Okay, wait for my good news. I'll pack up and head to meet the fleet right away, and try my best to meet your needs first.

I'll call you when the goods arrive. See you tomorrow!

As they were talking, the staff had already loaded the tuna into the car and were ready to leave for the customer who had bought less fish.

The company that managed to snag twenty tuna is working feverishly in the wind and snow to load them onto trucks, and they're almost done.

Chen Hong and her customers loaded their trucks and left. At the dock, she hired two strong men to help her wash the canvas, fold it, and load it onto the boat.

She settled the loading and unloading fees with the crane, set sail from the dock, and headed out of the port.

The harbor was bustling with activity, a scene of prosperity before the holiday.

Once outside the port, the sea was deserted and eerily quiet. Snowflakes fell from the sky, disappearing into the icy water without a trace.

Flocks of seabirds frequently fly overhead, and even on snowy days, they keep searching for food.

In order to survive, humans, like animals, are constantly striving and struggling.

Along the way, Chen Hong encountered two large fishing boats returning from the open sea.

Seeing the sailors cheering on the deck, their joy at returning home filled the people on the high seas with immense excitement.

Chen Hong sailed out to sea, anchored on the boundless ocean, and first ate a hot, fragrant and delicious stewed mutton.

I drank two more bowls of mutton soup with plenty of chili oil, and ate two large steamed buns filled with cabbage and pork.

I touched my slightly protruding belly, brewed a cup of cloud and mist tea, and drank some tea to cleanse my palate and aid digestion.

She's about to start working again; she still has over two hundred bluefin tuna in her storage space that haven't been bled and deaerated!

She first covered the deck with two centimeters of snow and then turned on the water hose to rinse it clean.

They then took the frozen canvas from the deck back into the space and spread it out to dry in the sun.

Chen Hong arranged the tuna in rows on the deck, cut them open to bleed them and remove the acid, gills and internal organs, and hung them on the tripod like cannonballs, then inserted a water pipe to rinse away the blood.

She worked until five o'clock, cleaning another seventy bluefin tuna.

When the appointed time arrived, Chen Hong turned the boat around and headed back. There were very few fishing boats on the sea today, so she activated the autopilot mode and went to the deck to continue working.

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