"Old Liu, open it and take a look. Let us see if you spent that 70,000 yuan well or if you lost out. We'll help you decide."
"Tch, we're all in this business, do you think I don't know the value of these fish? You just want to know if I'm a shill, right? If you want to see, then I'll show you."
After Lao Liu finished speaking, he told his men to stop moving the goods and open the box labeled "Large Yellow Croaker".
As for the other five boxes, they were not important to the middlemen around them; only the one containing the large yellow croaker was the most valuable.
As the box was opened, the neatly arranged large yellow croakers inside were revealed. These large yellow croakers looked just like gold bars, and they were very appealing.
After all, these large yellow croakers are mostly caught at night, when their colors are at their most intense, almost like gold.
The other box of fish belonged to Li Shuang and Ke Ke. When they gathered these large yellow croakers, they cleaned them one by one and arranged them neatly before putting them in the box.
Do you think these middlemen wouldn't be happy to see such neatly arranged large yellow croakers?
Besides checking the appearance of these large yellow croakers, these middlemen also started to work on them. In addition to counting the number of large yellow croakers in the box, they also prepared to weigh each one.
But before they could even begin weighing, another gasp rang out from the crowd.
"Wow, those big yellow croakers must weigh at least three pounds! Old Liu really hit the jackpot, he's got some good luck."
"More than twenty large yellow croakers, most of which weighed over one and a half pounds, with quite a few weighing over two pounds, and even some weighing three pounds. This owner really went all out!"
"What kind of boss is he? Didn't you hear what those people said before? He's some kind of champion, and a big internet celebrity."
"He's an Olympic champion, from the Paris Olympics a while back. He won three gold medals. Don't you guys watch the Olympics?"
"How can you have time to watch TV when you're busy fishing all day? Three gold medals, is it really that amazing?"
"That's nothing. They own several companies and donate a lot of money to the Southeast Sea every year. One of their warships is even named after their company."
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"Ahem, the first one has already been sold. Now we'll start bidding on the second one. The number and size of the fish in each one will be different, so please think carefully before you place your bids."
Hearing the increasingly off-topic discussions below the boat, Bai Yu promptly interrupted them and then prepared to begin auctioning off the second box of fish.
However, before filming began, Bai Yu emphasized that the number of fish caught in each portion was not fixed, but random.
Before opening the box, they wouldn't know how much the fish inside was worth. So Bai Yu advised these middlemen not to keep asking for high prices just because Lao Liu was making money. They shouldn't blame him if they lost money later.
The first catch of 28 large yellow croakers was roughly the same price as the 70,000 yuan, so Bai Yu would only lose about 10,000 to 20,000 yuan.
Of course, this is the price for buying the fish. When the middlemen resell them, the price will be different.
Even by the time it's finally served on the table, the price will have changed hands several times and become exorbitant.
As for whether the other middlemen present would listen to what Bai Yu said, Bai Yu wasn't sure.
Anyway, this second box of fish contained a total of 25 large yellow croakers, three fewer than the first box, but it sold for 73,000 yuan.
When the middleman who bought the fish opened the box containing the large yellow croaker, he claimed he hadn't lost out because he found two large yellow croakers weighing about four pounds each at the bottom of the box.
As time went by, one after another, fish weighing over 200 kilograms each were auctioned off. The lowest price for these fish was 70,000 yuan, while the highest price reached 110,000 yuan.
Without exception, none of the middlemen who bought these fish felt they had lost out.
Especially the middleman who offered 110,000 yuan for 31 large yellow croakers, the other party also believed that he had not lost money, at most he would just earn a little less.
On the other hand, Bai Yu had already sold nine out of eleven portions of fish, earning over 800,000 yuan. They also believed they hadn't lost money and had made a fortune.
This is quite strange. Bai Yu and his group think they've made a profit, and the middlemen present also think they've made a profit. So who is actually losing money?
Regardless of who has lost or gained, the number of people gathering on the deck has been steadily increasing.
The crowd that gathered was no longer limited to middlemen and purchasing agents; there were also many onlookers who came to watch the spectacle, as well as some of Bai Yu's fans.
In today's internet age, Bai Yu is already a public figure, and this year is also an Olympic year, with him being the most dazzling star at the Olympics.
With all these buffs, Bai Yu truly brings her own popularity wherever she goes.
The reason it wasn't apparent before was because Bai Yu was either participating in various activities or at the company or on the sea; he hadn't appeared in the public eye.
Now that he's come to Zhoushan, and the news has been leaked by local fans, naturally a large number of fans will flock here to catch a glimpse of Bai Yu.
This is something that Bai Yu finds very frustrating. Sometimes he doesn't want to attract too much attention. It's not that Bai Yu dislikes being in the spotlight, but...
However, if there are too many people, things are more likely to go wrong, and if anything happens, it will become a major incident.
Upon seeing this, Bai Yu quickly got off the fishing boat and walked towards the group of fans.
As for selling the fish, that was left to Li Shuang and the others. The remaining catch was already quite large, with only two portions and some large yellow croakers weighing over five pounds left.
As Bai Yu disembarked from the fishing boat, the atmosphere of frantic buying showed no signs of abating. On the contrary, due to the limited quantity, the atmosphere became even more heated.
The tenth catch consisted of 35 large yellow croakers, and a buyer offered 130,000 yuan, setting a new historical record.
However, this highest price did not last long; it was only a few minutes before the number was broken again.
The final catch consisted of 61 large yellow croakers. After several rounds of bidding, the price of this catch soared to 300,000, and it was eventually bought by three middlemen in a joint venture.
A price of 300,000 is already quite high. If this were applied to the 61 large yellow croakers, each croaker would be worth an average of 5,000 yuan!
As for this catch, it was naturally the catch from the white-fished fisherman. There were a lot of large yellow croakers, and the quality was also very good.
As for the selling price, it was probably due to the bidding process that the price was higher than what Bai Yu and his team had estimated.
Of course, it's not that middlemen don't make any money after setting a price; that's definitely not the case. At most, they might make a little less. If they have connections, they might make just as much.
With the eleven portions of fish sold out, the next auction will be for single large yellow croakers. There aren't actually that many large yellow croakers weighing over five pounds; there are only seventeen in total.
Although the number is not large, the value of these seventeen large yellow croakers is by no means small.
The previous eleven portions of fish weighed approximately 2,800 to 2,900 catties, and contained more than 300 large yellow croakers. They were sold for 1.286 million yuan.
On average, a large yellow croaker costs more than three thousand yuan, almost four thousand yuan.
As for the remaining catch, although it also had value, none of the middlemen and buyers present cared about it.
According to Bai Yu and his team's calculations, excluding the large yellow croaker, the remaining fish weighed over 2,000 jin (approximately 1,000 kg), and this portion of the catch was worth nearly 100,000 yuan.
I wonder if these middlemen will feel a sense of surprise when they return and learn the value of their catch.
After all, even if they used the money they spent to buy the large yellow croaker, they wouldn't have lost money. Now that they've gotten these fish for free, they've made a fortune.
As for the remaining dozen or so large yellow croakers weighing over five kilograms each, they can still bring them hundreds of thousands of yuan in revenue.
After all, these large yellow croakers weigh over five pounds each. Normally, if such large yellow croakers appeared, they would be fought over by many people.
Even though this sea area now produces a large quantity of large yellow croaker, as mentioned before, the market for wild large yellow croaker still faces a supply shortage.
Even though there has been a recent increase in the number of large yellow croakers, it hasn't affected their price; in fact, it has subtly driven up the price.
After all, no one knows how long these large yellow croakers will last; they might disappear from the fishermen's catch in the next second.
Because of the uncertainty, larger hotel chains and upscale restaurants are thinking of stockpiling more large yellow croakers now in order to prepare for future use.
Then the price of large yellow croaker was raised a little bit. Although it was only a little bit, you can't argue with the fact that the base price of wild large yellow croaker is already high. Adding just a little bit would amount to hundreds of yuan.
The first large yellow croaker that Li Shuang brought out was 5.3 jin (2.5 kg) and sold for 28,888 yuan.
The second one, weighing five and a half jin (approximately 2.5 kg), immediately exceeded 30,000 yuan and was bought by a purchasing agent from a hotel.
The third, fourth, and all the way to the seventh item were all bought by this one person. This one hotel purchasing agent spent more than 200,000 yuan on Bai Yu and his group.
Especially the seventh one, this big yellow croaker weighed seven pounds and one ounce, and this one fish sold for 68,888 yuan.
After buying six large yellow croakers, they stopped buying more, which meant they had probably bought enough.
In just a short while, the first seven large yellow croakers sold for nearly 300,000 yuan, and there are still ten large yellow croakers waiting to be sold.
And most importantly, the remaining ten large yellow croakers were heavier than the previous seven. Although they didn't catch any fish weighing more than ten pounds this time, there were still quite a few large yellow croakers weighing seven or eight pounds.
Based on the current situation, the total value of these seventeen large yellow croakers may even exceed the value of the eleven portions of fish sold previously.
After all, the bigger the yellow croaker, the more valuable it is.
As time passed, after Bai Yu greeted his fans and took photos with them, the auction was over, and all the large yellow croakers had been sold.
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