Chapter 24: Encountering a dealer who deliberately lowered the price

As soon as Jiang Xia and his crew's boat docked, everyone exclaimed in surprise when they saw the boat filled with baskets of grouper.

"Did we encounter a school of garfish? We're in for a treat!"

"Brother, in which sea did you encounter the school of Gadget fish? You are so lucky! You even encountered Gadget fish, which are so hard to come by!"

"There must be several hundred kilograms of garoupa on this boat, right? It's almost worth a thousand yuan! We're going to make a fortune!"

"Make a fortune, make a fortune!"

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People around were either standing on the dock or on their own boats watching the fun.

Zhou Chenglei said to his father: "I'll go to the dock to see if there are any traders collecting goods."

Father Zhou nodded.

At this time, several people squeezed out from the crowd and said, "Which boat caught the garfish? Let me see! ... My God! So many!"

As he said this, he pushed through the crowd and jumped onto Zhou Chenglei's boat. He touched the fish in the basket, opened it, and took a look at the gills: "This fish is dead, but it's still fresh."

Jiang Xia corrected: "It was very fresh. This was not a trawl fish. It was still alive and kicking when it was pulled onto the boat. We immediately returned home after catching it."

A man in a white shirt also got on the boat and said directly, "Brother, I want this fish! I'm Xu Wen'an, the manager of Futai Restaurant. How much is this fish?"

Today is a good day. The restaurant has hosted several wedding banquets and is short of fish.

The color of the fish is red and its name is festive, so it is perfect for wedding banquets.

"Fuck, Manager Xu, I got on the boat first, how can you be so dishonest!" The trader who just came on board said dissatisfiedly.

Then he pulled Zhou Chenglei over and pointed at two baskets of fish of different sizes and said, "Brother, my name is Yang Dayou, and I also buy fish. The big ones are 80 yuan a basket, and the small ones are 60 yuan a basket. I buy them all! I'll buy all the miscellaneous fish on your boat! I'll buy them all for 10 yuan."

Fish are sold here by the kilogram or by the load, depending on the quantity. Generally, a load is about 100 kilograms.

In other words, Yang Dayou offered a price of only 80 cents and 60 cents per pound.

Everyone at the dock knew Yang Dayou and knew he was a Zhou Baopi. Whenever they saw unfamiliar fishermen coming to sell fish, they would offer a low price.

But no one said anything. Destroying someone's financial resources is almost the same as killing their parents. No one would cause trouble for no reason.

Jiang Xia didn't know the price, and she had a hunch that this man was not honest. He deliberately disdained her fish as soon as he opened his mouth, trying to lower the price. His eyes were looking around, full of calculations.

She didn't understand and didn't say anything, just looked at Zhou Chenglei and Zhou's father.

Jiang Xia didn't know the price, but Zhou Chenglei and Zhou's father knew that this person's price was too low! Zhou Chenglei hated dealing with such people the most and said directly: "Not for sale!"

The pile of miscellaneous fish on the boat cost more than ten yuan.

Although the fish in the two nets were mixed fish, it was obvious that there were many good ones, but there was no time to pick them out.

The restaurant manager then said, "Comrade, this pound of cod is 100 yuan per load, and 1.5 pounds is 120 yuan per load. Do you want to sell it? In addition, I want ten more weighing more than two pounds."

The bigger the fish, the more expensive it is. However, when a restaurant holds a banquet, a fish weighing about one pound is the most cost-effective for the restaurant. It looks neither too small nor too big. If it is too small, it will appear stingy, and if it is too big, there will be no profit in hosting a banquet.

So he only needs one pound and one and a half pounds. In addition, he needs ten or three pounds to put in the refrigerator, which will be just right for ordinary individual customers to order.

Jiang Xia knew that a load was about 100 jin, no more than 100 jin, which was less than 1 yuan per jin, which was really cheap.

This is wild red sea bream.

But the current prices are like this, and people's wages are only 30 or 40 yuan a month. So one yuan per kilogram is not cheap.

The dealer glared at the restaurant manager and said, "Why are you asking such a high price? One hundred yuan a load is too expensive! Don't ruin the market! Ninety yuan a load at most! If they don't want to sell, forget it! Let's go!"

Xu Wen'an took the small fish and offered such a high price. The bigger the fish, the more expensive it is. How can he lower the price later?

Yang Dayou winked at Xu Wen'an and pulled him away.

Jiang Xia glanced at Yang Dayou and said calmly, "Goodbye, I won't see you off!"

Yang Dayou: "..."

Xu Wen'an didn't move. It was hard to find a fish like this, so he asked Jiang Xia, "Will you sell it?"

Jiang Xia: "Ask my love, he has the final say."

The word "lover" swept across Zhou Chenglei's heart like a feather. He couldn't help but glance at Jiang Xia without saying anything.

At this time, another trader squeezed onto the boat and said, "I heard there are some garfish? I'll take them! I'll take them! How much?"

Zhou Chenglei thought of what his father said about these two days being good days, and many people holding weddings on good days. The agarfish is the most suitable for weddings, and the name sounds nice and festive. He said directly: "A pound or so is 110 yuan per dan, a pound and a half is 130 yuan per dan, two pounds is 160 yuan per dan, more than three pounds is 2 yuan per dan, and more than four pounds is only one, 3 yuan per dan. Who wants this price? No bargaining!"

Jiang Xia added: "Our load of fish is definitely more than 100 jin. Excluding the basket skin, it's at least 105."

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Jiang Xia lifted each basket of fish and knew how heavy they were just by touching them.

Zhou Chenglei glanced at Jiang Xia when he heard this. She actually knew that? The restaurant was waiting for the fish to be cooked. Xu Wen'an was in a hurry, and the price was not too high. He could accept it. He immediately said, "Okay, I'll take them. I'll take all the one-jin and one-and-a-half-jin ones, ten of the two-jin ones, and I'll take all the three-jin and four-jin ones."

It's rare to come across such an auspicious fish, which is most suitable for holding banquets. The most important thing is that it costs ten yuan per load, which means that one fish costs less than ten cents. The restaurant can make half the profit or even more from one dish, so ten cents is nothing.

Those who come to the restaurant to eat are all rich people. Rich people care about appearances and like big fish. Fish weighing three or four pounds sell well.

For example, the price of grouper weighing more than three pounds is two yuan per pound, but when it is served in the restaurant, it will probably become four or five yuan per pound, which is definitely not a loss.

The dealer behind was named Hou, and everyone called him Lao Hou or Hou Ye. Seeing that the fish was fresh and could be stored, he said, "I want all the rest, including your mackerels!"

Yang Da was annoyed, but he still calculated that he could still make a profit by reselling it. Making a profit of one or two cents per pound was also a profit. The more quantity, the more profit he could make. It was just that two competitors came and he was unable to take advantage. He was just a little unwilling to make a big profit.

This boatload of people looks unfamiliar; they have never been here before.

He glared at the trader who came up behind him and said, "Old Hou, I came here first, don't take it away, I want all the rest!"

Old Hou glanced at him and said, "I heard they said they won't sell it to you!"

Old Yang always wants to take advantage of strangers, bullying those fishermen from other places. Not every fisherman is honest and can be bullied! The young man on the boat is not an ordinary person. He might be a soldier who came back on vacation to help his family fish.

Yang Dayou: "..."

Zhou Chenglei said to Lao Hou and Xu Wen'an, "There are still large yellow croakers in the live tank. Do you want some? There are probably several hundred kilograms."

Their eyes lit up and they said in unison, "Yes!"

Yang Dayi regretted it when he heard that there was also yellow croaker. "I want it, I want it! I want the yellow croaker. The price is negotiable. Comrade, you have the final say on the price! You have the final say!"

What kind of luck did this ship have?

How could he have caught so many good fish? If he had known, he would not have bargained for the price in the beginning!

These two days are good days and many people are celebrating weddings, so fish like grouper and yellow croaker, which have good color and good appearance, are in great demand.

I discussed with the editor yesterday, and this article will be published on June 1st! I hope that those who like this article will support it.

Thank you~, I will write it carefully! (End of this chapter)