The boat at Old Master Fu's house is only eight meters long. Since his daughter wants to buy a bigger boat, it must be bigger than the old tin boat at home.
"If we're just talking about size, I have quite a few fishing boats of this size."
Li Youchuan smiled helplessly, "Let me ask you this: do you want a wooden boat, a tin boat, or a steel boat? Are you mainly going out to sea to use trawlers, gillnetters, or the kind of deep-sea fishing boat that you need to go out to sea for a long time?"
Upon hearing this, Fu Wan began to look at the small shipyard in the county town in a new light.
There are so many options for booking a boat here.
Moreover, although Li Youchuan was a market director, he treated them very well, whether out of respect for Sun Youcai or for some other reason.
However, she was also a little curious.
"Comrade Li, can your boat be used for ocean-going fishing?"
It is important to know that the requirements for ocean-going fishing vessels are extremely high. Because they need to operate at sea for long periods of time, ocean-going fishing vessels are not only several times larger than ordinary fishing vessels, but their performance is also far superior to that of ordinary fishing vessels.
Those are fishing boats that can sail at sea for ten days to half a month.
Li Youchuan was just bragging, but he didn't expect that Fu Wan would ask about ocean-going fishing vessels so readily.
He laughed it off, "It can be done, it'll just take a little longer."
The technology to build these ocean-going fishing boats has to be obtained from the provincial shipyard, but if Fu Wan and the others place an order, he can still go to the provincial shipyard to make some arrangements.
Money makes the world go round, so why would he want to push money away?
However, deciding on a deep-sea fishing vessel is also quite troublesome right now. Li Youchuan frankly advised, "Young comrade, you're not outsiders, so I'll be frank. If you're just doing simple operations at sea, there's no need to buy a deep-sea fishing vessel for the time being."
These deep-sea fishing vessels are different from ordinary fishing boats. If you buy one, you'll have to learn how to operate it, get a crew certificate, and so on, which is quite troublesome.
Boss Fu nodded in agreement, "Ah Wan, this still needs to be verified. Let's not order such a high-requirement ship yet!"
They need it urgently right now, and it sounds like this ocean-going fishing vessel won't be ready in less than a year or two.
He could buy one and try it out when he's not in a rush, as he'd like to experience what it's like to sail a big ship.
"Comrade Li, could you help me identify some fishing boats around sixteen meters in length?"
"Our fishing boats are 16 meters long, and we have engines with 30 to 80 horsepower. Do you plan to use trawling nets when you go out to sea?"
Fu Wan nodded, "Yes, we need trawling and longline fishing, those are essential."
"Then equip it with an engine of around 50 horsepower, which will be enough for the trawler and such."
As Li Youchuan spoke, he jotted down their requirements in his notebook: "As for the material, we currently have wood, iron, and steel."
Undoubtedly, the prices followed the order in which Li Youchuan spoke.
However, steel fishing boats are definitely much better than wooden or iron ones.
"Let's get the steel ones!"
Li Youchuan paused in his writing, surprised that they would choose the expensive steel. He kindly reminded them, "Steel boats are made of fiberglass, which is currently the most popular material. It has good performance, but it's also much more expensive. Would you like to discuss it again?"
These words were spoken to Fu Wan. He had figured it out: Fu Wan and the others all listened to her.
Fu Wan shook her head, "No need, Comrade Li, just calculate how much it would cost based on the steel version."
Li Youchuan turned to the page about steel ships in the brochure next to him and showed it to them. "This steel material is newly introduced to our area. Although it is expensive, it is indeed very good."
“We sold a fiberglass boat a while ago, but I heard it was sold to a buyer very quickly. Here’s a picture of that steel boat.”
Fu Wan looked in the direction he pointed and unexpectedly saw a ship that looked incredibly familiar.
Isn't this Xue Qing's ship from before? Ever since Xue Qing had an accident at sea and that islander died, the ship was indeed taken away by someone at some point.
It turns out it was sold.
Fu Wan thought to herself that when she repainted this boat, she couldn't make it the same color as Xue Qing's boat; that man was really unlucky.
"We can send you one of these trawl reels and install it before delivery. Do you plan to install the longline fishing equipment on the boat?"
Fu Wan shook her head, "No, our longline fishing is secondary; trawling is the most important thing. We can just hand-fish the longline fishing."
She complained that installing a longline fishing device in the middle of the boat would take up too much space.
"Okay, I understand your basic requirements. You can sit here for a while, and I'll go ask the workshop director to calculate the approximate cost."
If it were just iron or wooden boats, Li Youchuan wouldn't need to discuss it with the workshop director, but with steel boats, he'd have to think about it carefully.
After all, the price of a ship depends on more than just manufacturing costs; material costs are also a major factor. The price of each batch of fiberglass is different, so careful calculation is still necessary.
After waiting for about ten minutes, Li Youchuan reappeared in front of everyone with his notebook.
"I inquired about this ship, and they offered you a discounted price of 128,000."
As soon as he said this, Fu Ming and Fu Liang secretly gasped.
That's really expensive!
Fu Wan didn't think so; the price was already much better than the hundreds of thousands she had expected.
How long will it take us to get this ship?
Li Youchuan replied with a smile, "If the contract is signed and the deposit is paid, we will start production immediately. It will take about three months, and then we will have someone deliver the ship to your dock."
It should arrive within three months, which is before January, so it won't cause any problems.
To Fu Wan's surprise, there was also a delivery service, which saved her the trouble of racking her brains about how to get the boat back.
However, since the other party had already stated the price, Fu Wan had to try and negotiate it down further.
"Comrade Li, could you lower the price of this boat? We are just ordinary fishermen, and we don't even know if we can earn ten or twenty thousand yuan a year from going out to sea. It's just that our old boat broke down, so we had to scrape together what we could to buy a new one."
Li Youchuan had assumed that these people must have some wealth, since they mentioned steel boats so readily, but he hadn't expected Fu Wan to start playing the victim.
Sun Youcai, who had been drinking tea nearby, quickly chimed in.
"That's right, cousin. These are all my friends. You have to give them a discount. Fishermen work hard to earn their money at sea!"
Although Fu Wan had made hundreds of thousands of yuan selling him bird's nest before, Sun Youcai still valued business ethics, but he forgot about that now.
"Then the minimum is 125,000."
125,000, that's still a discount of 3,000 yuan!
Fu Wan was happy inside, but she didn't show it on her face.
"Then thank you very much, Comrade Li."
Li Youchuan waved his hand, saying that they could also make a profit of 125,000; it was just a matter of how much they would make.
"Shall we sign the contract now? We need to pay the deposit first."
Fu Wan then remembered that while the contract could be signed, the money hadn't been collected yet!
"Excuse me, Comrade Li, how about we sign the contract first, and I'll have my brother and the others go get the money and bring it over later?"
"We'd better hurry, because the price won't be the same tomorrow. Steel prices have been rising every day lately, and there's nothing we can do about it."
"It's alright, we can sign the contract first."
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