As Bai Yu saw it, the dock got closer and closer until the fishing boat came to a stop at its berth.
At the berth where the fishing boats were docked, there were two trucks parked there, one a refrigerated truck and the other a live fish transport vehicle.
After the fishing boat came to a stop, the captain got out of the wheelhouse and headed straight for the dock.
Bai Yu was also familiar with the vehicles parked at the dock; these were all vehicles that the captain had brought in to collect fish, and it was said that they had a cooperative relationship with the captain.
Bai Yu's source of information was naturally Hu Tao, since he had previously gone out to sea on a fishing boat.
However, there's no need to worry. The buyers that the captain works with offer very fair prices. They might not give the fishermen extra money, but at least they're offering normal purchase prices.
The captain's cooperation with the other party was limited to providing information on the type and quantity of fish to be caught. Whether the other party would give the captain a commission was not something Bai Yu and his companions needed to consider.
Just like this time, Bai Yu and his group caught quite a few high-quality sea fish, such as schools of tuna, amberjack that Bai Yu caught, and giant grouper that Hu Tao caught.
These are highly sought-after items on the market. If it weren't for the captain's information, it would be uncertain whether these people would have been able to buy them at all.
"Young man, you're up pretty early today. I've also called the fish collector. Do you want to sell the fish you caught?"
After a brief chat with the fishmonger, the captain led his men aboard the fishing boat, where they were greeted by white fishermen standing on the deck.
“Sell them, of course. Isn’t that what we fish for? But I don’t know where I put my catch. Why don’t you call your Mr. Li, the staff member? He’s the one who keeps all of our catch.”
The fish were naturally going to be sold, but as Bai Yu said, from the moment he boarded the fishing boat until he returned to the dock, he hadn't been to the fish hold once; the entire process was handled by that staff member surnamed Li.
Whether the fish were live or frozen, they were all brought into the hold with the help of the other party.
This alone is enough to show the staff's service attitude; it's really good, and you don't have to worry about anything throughout the whole process.
After all, think about it: the cryogenic chamber is a sealed space at tens of degrees below zero, while the live fish chamber is full of the fishy smell of sea fish. Although Bai Yu can stand it, why would he go out of his way to get close to these things if he can avoid them?
“Okay, it’s no big deal. Xiao Li and the others should be up by now. Wait here for a moment, they’ll be right there.”
After the captain finished speaking, he walked towards the wheelhouse, and then the reveille sounded on the fishing boat.
The sound of a reveille? Does this fishing boat even have a wake-up service?
Bai Yu wasn't sure if others would wake up upon hearing the reveille, but Wang Hai and the other two would definitely wake up.
Because it's only been a month since their military training ended, and during that time they heard the reveille every day; that's how they got out of bed.
Sure enough, ten minutes later, just as Bai Yu was selling fish, Wang Hai and the other two walked out of the cabin looking completely bewildered.
"Brother Yu, what's going on here? Have we arrived at the dock?"
"Well, we've arrived at the dock. Didn't you see I'm selling fish? I was shocked when I saw it. I really didn't know that Ah Hai and I had caught so many fish these past two days."
"Look everyone, this deck is covered with my catch, and it's all frozen. Brother Li is still scooping out live fish from the hold."
Brother Li is a staff member surnamed Li, and he's several years older than Bai Yu.
On the deck in front of Bai Yu, there were hundreds of frozen, rock-hard sea fish of all sizes. These fish were the result of two days of hard work by Bai Yu and Wang Hai.
The largest of them was the amberjack he caught on his first night, followed by tuna and grouper of varying sizes.
"Selling fish? You've already started selling fish? Brother Fisherman, don't be in such a hurry, let's sell them together!"
"It's okay, we'll sell ours first and then it'll be your turn."
The fishmonger was extremely satisfied with Bai Yu and his companion's catch, especially when he saw the tuna and amberjack; he could barely contain his grin.
Don't be fooled by the fact that the tuna Bai Yu and his crew caught weren't very big, especially since none of them weighed more than 100 pounds. That's precisely why the fishmongers were so satisfied.
After all, when it comes to tuna, 100 pounds is a significant threshold; above 100 pounds, there's one price, and below 100 pounds, there's another.
The tuna caught by Bai Yu and Wang Hai mostly weighed between 30 and 40 jin (15-20 kg), with the largest weighing only 60 or 70 jin (30-35 kg). The purchase price would not exceed 60 jin (30 kg), and 40 or 50 jin (20-25 kg) would probably be enough.
The purchase price for this tuna is based on its weight: 10 to 20 kilograms for 10 yuan per kilogram, 20 to 30 kilograms for 20 yuan per kilogram, and so on. Tuna weighing over 100 kilograms will be priced separately.
When Bai Yu heard the price, he thought the other party was joking. Who would give a price like that? But after Bai Yu confirmed it, the price of the baby tuna was basically indeed given in that way.
According to the other party's count, Bai and Yu caught a total of 36 tuna, including one weighing over 60 jin, three weighing between 50 and 60 jin, six weighing between 40 and 50 jin, sixteen weighing between 30 and 40 jin, eight weighing between 20 and 30 jin, and two weighing between 10 and 20 jin, for a total of 36 tuna.
Bai Yu and Wang Hai had already earned more than 20,000 yuan from these 36 tuna alone. When they heard the price, not only Bai Yu and Wang Hai, but even Li Shuang and Wang Hai, who were watching from the side, were stunned.
They were worried about whether their catch would be over ten thousand when they were out at sea, but in the end, the catch of tuna alone was over ten thousand.
You should know that Bai Yu still has a big fish to settle accounts for, that red snapper weighs 82 jin (41 catties) and he doesn't know what price the other party will offer.
However, judging from the other party's intentions, it seemed that they would save this amberjack for last. After taking the tuna, they immediately looked at the other fish.
Aside from tuna, only a few groupers are worth anything. The rest are mostly small, inexpensive fish like barracuda, silver pomfret, sea bream, and mackerel.
After the other party took stock, the remaining sea fish sold for a total of more than 8,000 yuan. Nearly 100 fish sold for more than 8,000 yuan, of which mackerel and grouper accounted for 70% of the total price.
Even among the same type of sea fish, prices can vary. It's not that these sea fish are worthless; it's just that the populations of these fish are so large that their value is reduced.
Finally, we arrived at the main event, their biggest haul this time: an octopus weighing 82 jin (approximately 41 catties).
In the end, the other party gave a round number of six thousand yuan, which, when calculated, was a price of slightly more than seventy yuan per kilogram, but less than eighty yuan.
Bai Yu wasn't sure if the price was too high or too low, but after seeing Brother Li nod, Bai Yu agreed to the offer.
In his opinion, even if the price offered by the other party wasn't particularly high, it wasn't low either. After all, Brother Li had already nodded in approval, and Bai Yu didn't think Brother Li would rip him off.
After spending the last two days together, Bai Yu and his three companions got along quite well with Brother Li, and they even agreed to take their company's fishing boat on their next sea voyage.
It's worth noting that Li Ge and his staff receive a commission for luring people out to sea by boat, though the exact amount is unclear.
However, given the potential for profit, Brother Li has no reason to help the fishmongers cheat Bai Yu. After all, Bai Yu and his fellow anglers are his bosses, and maintaining a good relationship with Bai Yu and the others would be beneficial to him.
After counting the frozen fish, they immediately started counting the live fish, and Bai Yu and his companion didn't have many left in this area.
Moreover, these live fish were mostly caught by bottom fishing. In the past two days, apart from the time he fished for mackerel, Wang Hai had not fished for any other mid-to-upper-level sea fish. He had always fished by bottom fishing.
The price of live fish is even lower, barely a thousand yuan at most.
The fish in the middle and upper layers of the ocean are not only small, but most of them are also very cheap. At least, the fishermen didn't catch any valuable fish.
Once all the live fish were sold, Bai Yu and his companion finished clearing out their haul, totaling 38,200 yuan.
Based on the profit-sharing ratio between Bai Yu and Wang Hai, Bai Yu can earn more than 22,900 yuan this time he went out to sea.
Huh? Twenty-two thousand nine hundred yuan? Doesn't that mean Li Shuang's words came true?
You should know that when they were still at sea, Li Shuang had asked Bai Yu if the harvest this time was enough for them to make ten round trips.
The boat ticket costs 1,500 yuan, so ten trips would cost 15,000 yuan. But Bai Yu has now earned 22,000 yuan, nearly 23,000 yuan, which is more than enough for ten trips at sea.
Not to mention him, even Wang Hai, who got 40%, would have more than 15,000 yuan, enough for ten sea voyages.
Unfortunately, Li Shuang is not with Bai Yu right now, so he doesn't know the specifics of their income.
You're asking where Li Shuang went?
Of course, they went to the fish hold to get their catch. Bai and Yu had sold theirs, so it was their turn next.
At eight o'clock in the morning, Bai Yu and his three companions, each carrying their own luggage, boarded a taxi and embarked on their journey back to Ocean University of China.
The four of them didn't intend to wait for Hu Tao, because Hu Tao didn't have any classes in the morning, but the four of them still had one class. They needed to hurry back to school, put their luggage in the dormitory, and then wash up before going to class.
In the taxi on the way to Ocean University, Li Shuang looked at Bai Yu sitting next to her.
"Brother Yu, tell me the truth, did you make more money on this trip than Ah Sheng? Give me a straight answer so I can be sure I can treat you to a meal properly."
"Sigh, I really don't know why you made this bet with Ah Sheng. Don't you know that Ah Hai and I have a profit-sharing ratio? You still dared to bet with him. Isn't that just asking us to have dinner?"
Fine, for the sake of this meal, I'll let you die knowing why. This is the money someone transferred to me. Calculate the percentage I get; isn't my share slightly higher than Ah Sheng's? Just a tiny bit more!
Hahahaha!!!
At Li Shuang's request, Bai Yu showed him the payment records, and then couldn't help but laugh as she spoke.
As for the reason, Li Shuang heard from somewhere that the bigeye tuna that Lu Sheng caught was very valuable, so valuable that Lu Sheng might be the one who earned the most among everyone on this sea voyage.
Then, when selling fish, Li Shuang urged Lu Sheng to treat everyone, but Lu Sheng said that his catch wasn't the highest and Bai Yu should treat everyone.
Finally, with Bai Yu egging them on, the two made a bet: if Lu Sheng had the highest reward, he would treat everyone to dinner.
If Bai Yu is taller than Lu Sheng, then Li Shuang will treat everyone to dinner.
In the end, Lu Sheng's entire catch was added together and sold for a total of 21,600 yuan, which was more than 1,000 yuan less than Bai Yu's.
However, the other anglers were right about one thing: the bigeye tuna that Rikuo caught was indeed very valuable, and in order to maximize his profits, Rikuo even chose to have the meat inspected before selling it.
They make an incision in the tuna to check its fat content and then price it.
This method is generally used on large tuna, which weigh at least 100 pounds, and most of them are bluefin tuna.
Lu Sheng's tuna weighed only a little over 90 pounds, but at his request, the other party agreed to use this method.
There was nothing they could do; the tuna that Rikuo caught was just too fat. The whole fish looked like a gas cylinder, and they wouldn't sell it to him unless they used this method.
In the end, this tuna sold for a high price of over 16,000 yuan, which is more than 170 yuan per kilogram, making it the most expensive fish on this trip.
Unfortunately, Bai Yu wasn't fighting alone. In the end, Bai Yu won by a narrow margin, and Li Shuang ended up paying for the meal.
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