After leaving the dock, Bai Yu and the others drove to a buffet restaurant to have dinner.
Before setting sail, some of Hu Tao's group drove to the dock and parked their cars in public parking spaces near the dock.
Now that they're back, they can naturally drive away; there are cars available right after they disembark, which is incredibly convenient.
Li Li treated them to dinner, but the standard for the meal was slightly raised from 200 to 300 yuan, and they ended up going to a buffet restaurant with a bill of 268 yuan.
In Li Li's words, he had really made money this time, so he should treat everyone to something nice and not worry about spending a hundred or two hundred yuan.
Li Li even wanted to pay Bai Yu for the boat, but Bai Yu refused.
If Bai Yu accepts this, how are Hu Tao and the others supposed to cope?
Li Lin was able to earn so much money because he caught a bigeye tuna, but Hu Tao and the others didn't catch any tuna that big; the largest they caught was only a few dozen kilograms.
Among the other eight people, the highest earner only made a little over ten thousand yuan, and the lowest only a few thousand yuan. You can't expect them to pay for the boat fare as well, can you?
Before setting sail, Bai Yu had told them that he would cover all the expenses for the trip, and that Hu Tao and the others were just accompanying him to fish and have a get-together.
Finally, at the buffet restaurant, Bai Yu taught the owner a real lesson by himself.
This is a restaurant specializing in seafood and barbecue. Except for a few rare meats and seafood that are limited in quantity, everything else is unlimited.
For example, those 2030 prawns are labeled as South China Sea prawns, but Bai Yu, a discerning person, could tell at a glance that they were from the East China Sea, not the South China Sea.
Although it was a bit like the product wasn't what was advertised, Bai Yu didn't mind since he saw that the prawns were wild-caught rather than farmed.
If these shrimp were farmed, then Bai Yu would have to have a serious talk with the restaurant owner.
In the end, Bai Yu and the others ate about fifty catties of giant prawns. They kept eating them wave after wave.
These prawns alone were enough for Bai Yu and his companions to earn back half of their meal cost.
Then we ate those limited-edition black tiger prawns, baby lobsters, Boston lobsters, king crab legs, Wagyu beef, and so on—we didn't miss a single one.
They only eat the expensive barbecued meats, refusing to eat anything cheap, until the two-hour time limit is reached.
After dinner, it was time for everyone to go home. Bai Yu took Wang Hai back to his apartment in Haikou.
This apartment was a reward Bai Yu received. It was a gift from the relevant department when he won his first World Championship title. They also gave him a car as a bonus.
However, he rarely comes to this apartment in Haikou. Even when he comes to the provincial team, he and Wang Hai stay in the provincial team dormitory.
Over the next two days, Bai Yu and Wang Hai visited the provincial team, and then went to Ocean University with Coach Li to play a friendly match with their juniors.
After Bai Yu and the others graduated, the track and field team of Haida University naturally had new members joining. They all regarded Bai Yu as an idol since their school team had produced a world-class athlete.
So over the next two days, Bai Yu spent one day at Ocean University and then another day at the provincial team, running the 3,000 meters and the 5,000 meters in two different locations.
Two days later, after Li Ge had completed all the resignation procedures, they took a car back to Sanya.
After arriving at Yuxue Shipping Company, Bai Yu asked Li Xue to complete the onboarding procedures for Brother Li. Then, he introduced Brother Li to his uncle and Liu Tianyu, asking them to take good care of Brother Li on their next voyage.
There are only a few days left before the next voyage. The Yuxue fishing boat has been docked at the pier for more than ten days this time, which is the longest rest it has had this year.
There's nothing we can do; the pandemic has been unpredictable for the past 20 years.
To ensure that the fishing boat had enough crew members to go out to sea, the Yuxue fishing boat had basically never rested before. Each time, it would return to the dock for a short rest and then set off again, which would take only a few days.
Even when they rest, they rest on the boat; the crew members never leave the fishing boat or have contact with outsiders.
Now that the epidemic has finally stabilized a bit, it's only natural that we should let them get some rest and spend time with their families at home.
The day after returning to Sanya, Bai Yu took Brother Li to the shipyard to see the fishing boat that was half-built. Bai Yu then paid a deposit of five million yuan to the shipyard to continue construction.
Moreover, it's not just one boat being built; if they're going to build one, they'll build two at once. Besides the one that's already half-built, Bai Yu has placed another order for a fishing boat.
However, this new order is not for a traditional fishing boat, but for a combined vessel used for crab fishing and squid fishing.
This type of vessel is quite different from ordinary trawlers; its design is very different.
However, our crab fishing boats are different from those of the Russians; there are certain differences between the two.
The crab fishing boats built by the shipyard are crab fishing boats suitable for our domestic waters. They are special fishing boats designed based on the sea conditions of the Southeast Sea and the South China Sea.
The reason for buying a crab fishing boat is that crabs are a real form of currency; they are valuable and available year-round.
Although there is a specific season for eating crabs every year, crabs at other times are not particularly plump, and they may not have roe or fat.
But even outside of crab season, the price of crabs never drops below twenty yuan. The price of crabs is more stable than that of many kinds of seafood.
In addition, this boat is also used for squid fishing, especially for large squid, which also fetch a high price.
Bai Yu, the big squid expert, has done his research and found that whether it's sold whole or separated into squid tentacles and squid flowers, its value is still quite high.
Most importantly, it sells very well and is suitable for almost everyone.
This can be seen from the numerous live streams selling seafood on online platforms; their shop windows almost always feature squid tentacles or squid flowers, as these are sold very commonly.
When Bai Yu and his team were doing a live stream before, some netizens expressed their desire to buy squid tentacles or octopus tentacles, but they wanted to buy the large octopus tentacles.
Unfortunately, Bai Yu and his group didn't have any large octopus tentacles, or even small squid tentacles, so they didn't sell any.
Moreover, now that Bai Yu has returned to Sanya, their live-streaming sales work has temporarily come to an end.
It's not that they don't want to continue selling goods, but that they have no goods left to sell.
All the fish brought back by the Yuxue fishing boat have been sold during this period, and now only a small amount of seafood remains.
The remaining quantity wasn't even enough for them to host a single live stream, so the live-streaming sales event was suspended.
In order to keep the live-streaming sales going and ensure that the processing plant could continue operating, Mr. Bai was extremely busy during this period, running between the county and the city to negotiate cooperation with large private fishing boats or shipping companies.
I want to get some goods back from the other party, otherwise I can't let the factory workers be idle, because being idle for a day is a loss.
Fortunately, Mr. Bai knew quite a few people, and in just two days, he brought back more than 200 tons of seafood to the processing plant, allowing it to get back up and running.
Here we have to mention the power of money. Under the temptation of Bai's father settling the payment in one go, he could basically enjoy the treatment of a VIP wherever he went.
The more than 200 tons of fish that Bai's father brought back this time were all carefully selected by him. Whether it was the variety or the size, they were all top-quality seafood.
On the third day after Bai Yu returned to Sanya, the Yu Xue fishing boat set sail again, this time with Brother Li and several crew members he had introduced.
Once they have adapted to the working conditions of the Yuxue fishing vessel, and after the delivery of Yuxue No. 2, they will be able to work on the new fishing vessel as key members.
On the other hand, Bai Yu went to the company to prepare for her next live-streaming sales event.
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